Dispute Resolution: Country Profiles

Country Profiles on Mutual Agreement Procedures 

One of the key messages that emerged from the first consultation was the need to improve the transparency of the MAP process. As a first step in improving transparency, the OECD has decided to make available to the public, via its website, “Country Profiles on Mutual Agreement Procedures” of all OECD member countries, which would contain information about the Competent Authorities’ contact details, domestic guidelines for MAP and other useful information both for tax authorities and taxpayers.
The contents of the profiles are as follows:
Competent authority (CA) contact information, Organization of CA, Scope of MAP & MAP APA, Reference to domestic guidelines and administrative arrangements, Timing for filing a request, Form of request, Document requirements for a request, User fee if any, Provisions for tax collection, penalties and interest, Other dispute resolution mechanisms, and links to websites of the Government revenue department.

Below are Country Profiles on Mutual Agreement Procedures for OECD member countries (click on the flag/link).

Australia Austria Belgium   Canada Czech Republic
Denmark Finland France Germany Greece
Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Japan
Korea Luxembourg Mexico The Netherlands New Zealand
Norway Poland Portugal Slovak Republic Spain
Sweden Switzerland Turkey The United Kingdom The United States

The OECD is also hoping to make available similar information for non-OECD economies and encourages them to provide their profiles to the Secretariat.  Currently available country profiles of non-OECD economies (NOEs) are shown below.

Non-OECD Economies

   Argentina    China            Russia     South Africa                                    

 

Every effort has been made to ensure the information is accurate but if you do find errors or omissions please email us at: ctp.contact@oecd.org

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Draft Progress Report that describes three different kinds of proposals for improving dispute resolution.

2004 Discussion Draft: Proposals for Improving Mechanisms for the Resolution of Tax Treaty Disputes