Request a programme

Assistance Request Status

ASSISTANCE REQUEST FORM

By submitting this form online to the TIWB Secretariat, your tax administration or competent authority initiates its request for a programme under the TIWB initiative. Upon completion, you will receive a PDF copy of this TIWB Assistance Request Form from the Secretariat. This form must be signed by the Head of your tax administration or competent authority and returned to the TIWB Secretariat via the TIWB Portal online.

Select the type of TIWB assistance being requested

If you do not know the programme number of your current TIWB programme, please contact the Secretariat for assistance. If your tax administration does not currently have an ongoing TIWB programme, you cannot request an Industry Expert. Industry Expertise programmes may only run simultaneously with and as a complement to ongoing TIWB programmes.

Please indicate the programme number of your current TIWB programme:

ABOUT THE HOST ADMINISTRATION

A Host Administration may be any department of government tasked with the collecting of tax revenues, undertaking tax crime investigations to resolve complex cases of tax evasion, exchanging information on financial accounts of non-residents on an automatic basis under the Common Reporting Standard (CRS), and/or drafting commercial contracts, settlements or arbitration.

Official Name of Host Administration

Street

City

State/Region

Postal Code

Country or Jurisdiction

Host Administration Contact

Telephone (country code and number)

Administration level:

Status of Host Administration:

AREA(S) WHERE EXPERT ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED

ROLE AND POSITION OF THE EXPERT

I hereby certify that the TIWB expert will be considered a Special Advisor to the Host Administration (and any other agencies involved).

Special Advisor Status

What will be the employment or engagement arrangement for the foreign expert working in the Host Administration under the TIWB programme?

Please describe:

Are there any restrictions (legal or other) that may prohibit or limit a foreign national from working with or for the Host Administration?

NoYes

Explain restrictions

Are there any restrictions (legal or other) that may prohibit or limit a foreign national from working with the Host Administration?

NoYes

Please Explain the Restrictions

Please provide a short description of the expected duties of the TIWB Expert

Describe any specific education or professional qualification(s), skill(s) or experience(s) that the TIWB Expert is preferred or required to have

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE HOST ADMINISTRATION

EMPLOYMENT TERMS AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Proposed duration of the TIWB programme

A TIWB programme is comprised of multiple on-site and virtual missions over a specific period

12 to 18 months

18 to 24 months

Proposed duration of the TIWB industry expert programme

A TIWB programme is comprised of multiple on-site and virtual missions over a specific period

3 to 6 months

6 to 12 months

Requested TIWB programme start date

dd/mm/yyyy

Will the TIWB expert be expected to travel away from the main office?

NoYes

To where and to what extent?

OTHER INFORMATION

How did your administration become aware of the TIWB initiative?

What results does your administration aim to achieve with the support of the TIWB expert?

I hereby certify that the above-mentioned information is correct and true to the best of my knowledge.

The Host Administration agrees to provide results/achievements/revenue recovered through the TIWB programme to the Secretariat upon completion.

I confirm that an approved summary of this assistance request may be made publicly available on the TIWB website.

The Host Administration acknowledges and confirms that authorised OECD/UNDP officials may access all non-confidential programme materials under this TIWB programme.

NoYes

ASSISTANCE REQUEST FORM

ABOUT THE HOST ADMINISTRATION

AREA(S) WHERE EXPERT ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED

Type(s) of taxes for which assistance is required:

Type(s) of tax crime investigations where TIWB assistance is required:

Type(s) of cases for which assistance is required:

Please describe in detail the specific type of assistance required:

Type(s) of taxpayers to be investigated:

Other agencies involved in criminal tax investigations:

Specific tax audit issues to be considered:

What type of APA does your tax administration require assistance with?

Type(s) of taxpayers to be audited:

Type(s) of audits for which assistance is required:

Industry or sector-specific commercial activities to be audited:

Industry or sector for which assistance is required:

Describe the reasons why sector support is required:

Is your administration already automatically exchanging information?

Since when has your administration been exchanging information automatically?

When does your administration expect to start exchanging information automatically?

Area of automatically exchanged information where TIWB assistance is required:

Please describe in detail the specific type of AEOI assistance required:

In which type of audit does your administration wish to engage in?

With which jurisdiction is your administration seeking to conduct a joint/simultaneous audit?

Area(s) of audit where assistance is required:

Please describe in detail the specific type of assistance required:

Please select the industry/sector in which the audited taxpayer operates:

Does your jurisdiction have a legal basis in place for joint or simultaneous audit?

If yes, which one?

Area of natural resource taxation where TIWB assistance is required:

Please describe in detail the specific type of natural resource taxation assistance required:

ROLE AND POSITION OF THE EXPERT

I hereby certify that the TIWB expert will be considered a Special Advisor to the Host Administration (and any other agencies involved).

Are there any restrictions (legal or other) that may prohibit or limit a foreign national from working with or for the Host Administration?

Are there any restrictions (legal or other) that may prohibit or limit a foreign national from working with the Host Administration?

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE HOST ADMINISTRATION

Does the Host Administration currently work with other foreign tax administrations, officials, donors or other parties on tax audit or audit-related matters?

Does the Host Administration require assistance to meet the TIWB programme costs?

In accepting a foreign TIWB expert, how will the Host Administration ensure taxpayer confidentiality?

Please indicate how conflicts of interest will be managed with regards to the foreign expert(s) working on the TIWB programme:

EMPLOYMENT TERMS AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Proposed duration of the TIWB programme

Proposed duration of the TIWB industry expert programme

OTHER INFORMATION