📢UN Development #Tax4SDGs with South Centre concluded a 4️⃣-day Tax Treaty Capacity Building Workshop in Paro, #Bhutan. Tax officials engaged in United Nations & OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives model analysis, simulated negotiations, tailored policy crafting to confidently and strategically navigate future #tax treaties.

Tax treaties are crucial for promoting cross-border trade & investment. Together with Dept of Revenue & Customs & South Centre, we trained 🇧🇹 tax officials in #TaxTreaty formulation & negotiation skills as part of our #TaxForSDGs Initiative. Read more: rb.gy/zyfszp

📢 Tomorrow starts the 2nd edition of the #Tax4SDGs2023 Dialogue! This year we will delve deeper into the strategic role of #tax policies & administration in building fairer societies supported by efficient & robust tax systems. 📺 shorturl.at/AEFJ4 📅 14-17 Nov

#HappeningNow UN Development’s Haoliang Xu kicks off the #Tax4SDG dialogue at Columbia University NY. #SDG financing is at the heart of accelerating #SDG attainment. How can we wisely use tax and fiscal policies that are aligned with the SDG aspirations to propel #SustainableDevelopment.

The #Tax4SDGs2023 Dialogue, hosted by UN Development, the Gov of Finland 🇫🇮& Norway 🇳🇴, along with Columbia University, brought together around 400 attendees from 55 countries and 48 organizations including 14 ministers. 📺Recording: shorturl.at/huOPX ➡️Blog: shorturl.at/acoBF

Enhancing tax auditing skills of 🇧🇹 tax officials as part of our #TIWB Programme, a 🤝 w/ TIWB OECD Tax & Govt of 🇵🇱. Facilitated by Tax experts from 🇵🇱, it's focused on identifying transfer pricing risks, international tax laws & regulations & cross-border transactions.

Saint Lucia's #TIWB programme, a joint initiative of UN Development and OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives was launched in partnership with CBDT (Income Tax India), Government of India. The focus of the programme will be on effective use of automatically exchanged information under the Common Reporting Standard

📢Watch the highlights of the #TaxSDGs2023 Dialogue hosted by UN Development, NorwayUN, MFA Finland 🇫🇮 & Columbia's Initiative for Policy Dialogue Columbia University! 🌍 Achim Steiner, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Elina Kalkku, Marcos Athias Neto among others emphasized the role of fiscal policies for the #SDGs. ➡️shorturl.at/AEFJ4

OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives & UN Development have wrapped up a two-day retreat to engage in discussions on #TIWB. From finding solutions to challenges to enhancing programme effectiveness, the conversations were enlightening and productive.

📢Tomorrow, UN Development #Tax4SDGs together with JSW School of Law is hosting the first National Tax Dialogue in #Bhutan! The dialogue brings together stakeholders to discuss Bhutan’s path towards resource mobilization and fostering social justice through a renewed social contract 🇧🇹

Pleasure opening the National Tax Dialogue, a collaboration between UNDP & JSW School of Law that brought together tax officials & representatives from the govt, civil society & private sector for a dialogue on the role of taxation in boosting domestic resources for financing the #SDGs.

🤝UN Development #Tax4SDGs hosted a 1️⃣-day workshop in #Bhutan for parliamentarians. Engaging and inspiring discussions focused on how taxation can propel progress towards the #SDGs, promoting good governance and enhancing integrity in #tax systems. 🇧🇹

🌏Last week, @UNDP_Bhutan and #Tax4SDGs hosted a 2️⃣-day #SDG workshop for senior officials to strengthen the technical expertise of the Tax Administration and policymakers. Discussions included expanding the #tax base, health taxes & global minimum tax implications.

🤝#Tax4SDGs & Austria’s Predictive Analytics Competence Center organized a webinar to discuss the use of predictive analytics by the Austrian #tax administration🇦🇹 Predictive analytics helps to combat tax fraud & the webinar showcased technology innovation in tax administration.

🌟 Exciting day ahead as we kick off #SriLanka’s first National Dialogue on fair taxation & a stronger social contract for #SDGs! 🎉 Co-convened by UNDP in Sri Lanka with the Ministry of Finance & Inland Revenue Department. #Tax4SDGs

📢🇲🇳Recently, our #Tax4SDGs technical experts were in #Mongolia with the Монгол Улсын Сангийн яам & the Монголын Татварын Алба to discuss the alignment of the fiscal policies with the #SDGs. Discussons focused on Energy Transition, #ClimateChange, Governance, & Domestic Revenue Mobilisation.

🤝UNDP Philippines 🇵🇭 🇵🇭 & #Tax4SDGs were invited by the Tax Management Association of #Philippines (TMAP) to discuss the role of #tax in achieving the #SDGs. Discussions highlighted country-level initiatives on sin taxes, public investment, EQUANOMICS progress, and tax transparency.

📢 We're back for Day 2 of the Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 #DPI Summit 2025! The sectoral workshop on taxation is diving deep into how Digital Public Infrastructure (#DPI) can revolutionize taxation by strengthening its three key pillars: 🔹 Identification 🆔 | Establishing trusted digital

Strengthening tax capacity is key to mobilizing domestic resources for sustainable development & climate action & building future fit tax systems. Great to speak at TIWB– OECD Tax workshop on transfer pricing in #Mongolia in partnership with Монгол Улсын Сангийн яам & Монголын Татварын Алба.

For Sri Lanka 🇱🇰, effective tax crime investigation is not only about revenue collection, it is about #fairness, #equity, and public #trust. The launch of the joint OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives-UN Development Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) for Criminal Investigations (TIWB-CI) programme w/