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BEPS Inclusive Framework, the urgency for developing countries

BEPS Inclusive Framework, the urgency for developing countries The interest of this article is to test the importance of Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project initiated by Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and G20 for developing countries. This article will give hints on the integrity of BEPS project from its history, development progress, recommendation provided and current update. Historically, the discussion on emerging case of BEPS had already started before 2012. In 2012, G20 Los Cabos summit tasked OECD to develop BEPS action plans. The OECD defines base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) as tax planning strategies that exploit gaps in the architecture of the international tax system to artificially shift profits to places where there is little or no economic activity or taxation. A year after, in 2013, G20 St Petersburg summit approved the BEPS project proposed by OECD to be discussed and developed. After two years of discussion, ...