On March 21, 2023, IOTA successfully live-streamed another impressive online activity from the IOTA Studio in Budapest, Hungary. The digital workshop showcased a very up-to-date topic: "Using data from information exchange in the framework of the OECD BEPS 12 action plan and the EU DAC 6", and brought together an exciting mix of speakers, from our international partner organisation, the European Commission DG TAXUD, along with experts from IOTA member tax administrations.
We are glad to inform you that our latest IOTA Paper in collaboration with the Hungarian National Tax and Customs is issued and is now just a click away. The new Paper explores the Pre-insolvency Procedures Implemented in Hungarian Law and is written by Katalin Kanizsai, LL.M., who works as an Expert at the Insolvency and Enforcement Department of the Hungarian National Tax and Customs Administration (NTCA).
The first IOTA Peer-to-Peer Technical Assistance Project initiated in 2022 was successfully implemented by the National Revenue Administration (NRA) of the Republic of Poland as the Provider and the State Revenue Service of the Republic of Latvia (SRS) as the Beneficiary.
On 1-2 March 2023, IOTA successfully held its first digital workshop of the year to kick off our Work Programme Activities for 2023. The event was broadcast live from the IOTA Studio in Budapest, Hungary, and attracted a great number of participants.
VITARA is pleased to inform you about its new online courses for 2023. In this year’s VITARA e-learning portfolio, besides the newly launched Compliance Risk Management course, you can explore six more e-learning courses in the field of Human Resources Management, Reform Management, Strategic Management or Institutional Governance and you can also participate in virtual trainings in French and Spanish. The registration deadline for these e-learning courses is 4 March 2023.
On 26 October 2022, the Mayor of Madrid together with the Secretary General of the Treasury and International Financing of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation announced the decision to present the candidacy of Madrid to host the European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA).
VITARA is pleased to inform you about the launch of the new Compliance Risk Management course, the registration deadline for this course is 6 February 2023. This approximately eight-hour-long e-learning course provides fundamental knowledge on modern Compliance Risk Management (CRM) good practices.
We all know that every new year brings new beginnings, challenges, developments, and of course, sometimes new personnel changes at the IOTA Secretariat. Beforehand, we are pleased to announce a new colleague on board. Barbara Berkesi joined our team as a Specialist of Technical Activities on 1st December 2022, and from this year she will replace Laura Lempner in this key role.
It is my pleasure to greet you in the beginning of 2023 that is full with new hopes and new challenges. I would like to take the moment to look back on 2022 and thank you all for your contributions over the past 12 months.
On 12th-13th December 2022, Alix Perrignon de Troyes, the Executive Secretary of IOTA participated as a panellist at the Technical Conference of Digital Economy Taxation Network (DET) and high-level policy dialogue on “The Impact of Technologies on Emerging Tax Policy Issues” in Vienna, Austria.
