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Time of event
Day 1: 11:00–15:30 Tokyo time
Day 2: 11:00–14:40 Tokyo time
Day 3: 11:00–15:30 Tokyo time
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased pressure on government budgets and public debt across Asia and the Pacific due to a rise in large-scale countercyclical expenditure programs and a decrease in tax revenues.
At the same time, governments are facing the need to secure additional financial resources to mitigate pandemic risks while promoting growth recovery and resilience measures critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals such as greater investment in education, health, and combatting climate change.
The accelerating digitalization of the economy due to COVID-19 and the positive impact it can have on job creation and growth has the potential to boost domestic resource mobilization vital to effective pandemic responses. Managing these dynamics poses many difficulties for the region’s policy makers, however.
This ADBI virtual policy dialogue featured new research examining options for optimizing taxation in Asia and the Pacific in the digitalization era and addressing related challenges. It also spotlighted the latest developments in revenue administration in the region and their implications for the taxation of the digital economy.
Objectives
- Examine revenue administration strategies for enhancing services and tax compliance in a digital economy
- Identify key features of digital markets and business models
- Highlight policy lessons and experiences to build revenue administration capacity in Asia and the Pacific amid accelerating digitalization
Participants
- Government officials from ADB member economies as well as policy researchers and experts for think tanks, international organizations, and other institutions
Output
- Improved understanding of revenue administration development and compatibility with digital markets and business models
- Greater impetus for policy research and international collaboration for strengthening services delivery and compliance within the sector
- Papers presented during the event will be considered for inclusion in an ADBI book
- Webinar recording and presentation materials to be uploaded on the ADBI website
Conference Presentations
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Session 1.0: Introduction of Book Publication: New Frontiers for Tax in the Digital Age |
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Session 1.1: Tapping Taxes: Revenue Administration Responses to Digital Disruption |
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Session 1.2: Developing a Cooperative Compliance Model for Large Developing Economies: Justification, Prerequisites, and Administrative Design |
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Session 2.2: Artificial Intelligence and Tax Administration in Asia and the Pacific: Impacts of Digitalization |
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Session 2.3: Resolving Disputed Tax Issues: The Influence of Partner Negotiation Objectives and Communication Style on Negotiation Outcome |
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Session 2.4: Taxation in the Digital Economy: Pakistan |
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Session 3.0: Assessing the Proposed Changes to the 1920s Compromise |
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Session 3.1: PRC’s Taxation Reform in the Digital Economy: Progress and Challenges |
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Session 3.2: Digital Revolution? Blockchain as a Driver for the Rule of Law in Tax Administration in PRC |
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Session 4.1: The Role of International Collaboration in Digital Services and Tax Compliance in India |
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Session 4.2: Just in Time? The Digital Journeys of the Revenue Administrations in Australia and New Zealand |
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Session 4.3: Taxation in Digital Economy in Nepal |
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Session 5.0: Taxation in the Digital Economy: New Models in Asia and the Pacific |
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Session 5.1: Cross-Border Digital Taxation Challenges: Indonesia’s Practices and Perspectives |
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Session 5.2: Future Vision of Japan’s Tax Administration: Aspirations for a Smart Administration |
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Session 6.1: The Role of Government Reform in Improving Voluntary Tax Compliance in the Digital Economy: The Bangladesh Experience |
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Session 6.2: Digitization of Tax Administration in Republic of Korea and its Achievements |