Webinars for the Recently Released Standards on Tax Planning and Related Services

In May 2024, the IESBA held two interactive global webinars to present an overview of the first global ethics standards on tax planning. These standards establish a comprehensive ethical framework to guide professional accountants when providing tax planning and related services. The framework stipulates the expected mindset and behaviors of professional accountants when they recommend or otherwise advise on tax planning arrangements to employing organizations or clients. The standards were developed in response to public interest concerns about tax avoidance and the role played by consultants in light of revelations in recent years such as the Paradise and Pandora Papers.