China News Service, Beijing, September 16 (Reporter Zhao Jianhua) The BRICS Tax Commissioner Meeting was held on the evening of the 15th by video.
The tax commissioners of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa conducted in-depth exchanges on “reconstructing the business process of tax collection and management in the context of the new crown epidemic and the background of the digital age”, sharing the practical results of tax development and informatization construction, and looking forward to taxation Cooperative development vision.
The meeting passed the "Communiqué of the BRICS Tax Directors Meeting."
The communiqué pointed out that since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the global digitalization process has further accelerated, driving innovative changes in production, lifestyles and national governance. Countries in the world, including the BRICS countries, have joined hands with the help of digitalization to fight the epidemic and respond to common challenges.
The "Communiqué" emphasized that the tax bureaus of Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa will fully support the State Administration of Taxation of China in hosting the BRICS tax commissioners meeting and tax expert meeting during China's presidency of the BRICS in 2022.
Wang Jun, director of the State Administration of Taxation of China, attended the meeting and delivered a keynote speech.
Wang Jun said that the tax authorities of the BRICS countries should continue to improve cooperation mechanisms, strengthen dialogue and exchanges, promote learning and reference, and work together to cope with the challenges posed by the new crown pneumonia epidemic and economic digitization, and promote higher-quality development of BRICS tax cooperation.
The "New Delhi Declaration on the Thirteenth Meeting of the Leaders of the BRICS" issued not long ago pointed out that the BRICS countries must make the effective and efficient application of technology and data a priority for various developments and encourage deepening cooperation in this regard.
Wang Jun said that this has established the focus and direction for the tax authorities of the five countries to deepen cooperation in the taxation field in the context of the new crown epidemic and the digital age.
Wang Jun proposed four cooperation initiatives: First, strengthen cooperation in epidemic prevention and control, give full play to the role of taxation in areas such as assisting joint vaccine research and development, cooperative production, and mutual recognition of standards, and contribute tax power. The second is to strengthen cooperation in informatization construction, establish a tax informatization construction exchange mechanism in the BRICS countries, increase communication and cooperation by holding tax informatization forums and other methods, and strengthen exchanges with important international organizations such as the G20 and OECD, and extensively absorb and learn from tax informatization Advanced concepts and practical experience in the field. The third is to strengthen mutual assistance and cooperation in collection and management, consolidate the achievements of multilateral tax cooperation in the BRICS countries, continuously improve the certainty of taxation among countries, actively eliminate tax-related disputes, and support enterprises to invest and start businesses with each other. Deepen the application of big data, continue to increase the joint crackdown on cross-border tax avoidance and other cases, and safeguard the tax rights and market order of various countries. The fourth is to strengthen cooperation in capacity building, continue to strengthen mutual learning and mutual learning among the tax authorities of the BRICS countries, jointly improve tax collection and management capabilities, and actively provide technical assistance and training support to other developing countries. (over)