Kastanova, E.D. Tax information exchange within the framework of fighting tax evasion in the new international context

Abstract: The article is devoted to exchange of tax information as a type of international cooperation among the tax administrations, which has been successfully developing for decades. It has been used by foreign states within the framework of their treaties, and it currently becomes more popular in the Russian Federation. The author discusses all the types of information exchange, as well as benefits of each of these types. Additionally, the author provides detailed efficiency analysis for this method of international cooperation for the purpose of fighting international tax evasion. The article includes detailed analysis of banking secrecy, history of its formation and the measures taken by the international organizations against this negative phenomenon, as well as results of transparency improvement. The article gets the reader acquainted with the normative legal basis for the tax information exchange, as well as with the principles of its implementation, without which the information exchange would be Impossible. The article Includes description of successful experience of foreign tax bodies in the sphere of tax information exchange, and it also discusses the position of the Russian Federation on this issue, the author makes propositions for making this type of administrative aid more efficient, which would improve the input into the budget.

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