Tax commissioners and delegates from more than 50 jurisdictions, together with representatives from international organisations, regional tax administration bodies, business and academia will gather in Cape Town, South Africa, for the 18^th Plenary meeting of the OECD Forum on Tax Administration. The theme of the meeting will focus on tackling tax gaps and reducing compliance burdens.

Hosted by the South African Revenue Service, this year’s Plenary will offer a platform to discuss key measures to strengthen revenue collection, foster economic growth, and enhance tax certainty, while also acknowledging the transformation of tax administration driven by digitalisation and the growing use of artificial intelligence.

The opening session will be held on Tuesday 18 November 2025 from 8:00 to 09:15 CET (09:00 to 10:15 SAST) and open to the public via a livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/HyY6hR_uDn0.

High-level speakers joining the opening session as of 8:30 CET include Bob Hamilton, Chair of the OECD Forum on Tax Administration; Manal Corwin, Director of the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration; Edward Kieswetter, Commissioner of the South African Revenue Service. The opening remarks will be followed by a keynote speech to be announced in due course.

In addition, the OECD’s annual publication Tax Administration 2025, which examines global trends in the design and administration of tax systems, will be released on Monday, 17 November at 11:00 CET.

Created in 2002, the OECD Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) brings together tax commissioners and tax administration officials from over 50 OECD and non-OECD economies. The FTA provides governments with internationally recognised expertise and comparative data and analysis to improve tax administration, tax compliance and tax certainty.

For further information, journalists are invited to contact Elisabeth Schoeffmann in the OECD’s Media Office.