FW: Updated Decisions Document

Title: Bericht

 

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Van: Burg, HJM van 
(DgB/INNOVATI) 
Verzonden: woensdag 24 september 2003 
13:38
Aan: ''
Onderwerp: RE: 
Updated Decisions Document

Richard,

 

The 
XML vocabulary is available in a draft version where only information is 
available regarding indirect taxation. The different subcommittees are going to 
work on the vocabulary during the upcoming meetings. Although I expect a 
document like this will never reach the stage of being fixed I presume we have a 
document ready for distributing among a bigger audience early spring 2004 (after 
the January face to face meeting).

The 
white paper will be ready at the same time.

The 
making of business models is a more difficult exercise. The TC is working hard 
to get to the stage that we can define some common processes. There is no aim to 
produce a complete set of business models. The task we are doing at the moment 
is to find out where common processes can be defined. We do not know how far we 
can get but the TC considered it important to work from business models to 
common schema's. But business models itself are only used as working products. I 
expect that we are not going to publish those.

More 
important might be the work on the schema repository. I hope we have something 
to offer early spring as well.

 

Richard, I am aware of the concerns as well. In particularly CCRA is 
pushing hard to get the TC to deliver. On the other hand I urge the SG members 
to see the perspective. The work the TC is performing is difficult and the 
experience in working internationally is not very big. Tax administrations and 
businesses do not often regard each other as partners in the sense of an open 
standardisation regulatory body. The process of learning to work together takes 
time, but the advantage to reach mutual understanding is important. We are at 
the the threshold of a situation where we all invent our own wheel fitting to 
our (tax-administrations) specific  needs. If we do that it will cause the 
adoption of e-services in the business community going not as fast as we hope. 
Working in the fashion we do now might prevent that and has the effect that 
producing solutions becomes more cost effective.

Even 
the OECD is not the regulatory body for the Internet. So even we have to abide 
by the common processes on the Internet as much as we can. If the TC has 
produced some work w all can benefit from (businesses and tax administrations) 
it will be within one year of the start of the Committee. And that I do not 
consider as dragging on.

 

Regards,

 

Harm 
Jan 

 

 

  

  
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Van: 
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Verzonden: dinsdag 23 september 2003 18:34
Aan: 
  
Onderwerp: RE: Updated Decisions 
  Document

  
Harm,

  
 

  
On 
  reading your minutes that you enclosed I noticed some gaps re likely expected 
  completion dates for certain products from your committees 
  work.

  
 

  
Can 
  you give some indicative timeframes for the work on the XML vocabulary, the 
  XML white paper and the business models. If the work is on going/ progressive 
  can we indicate this and indicate a possible first date when products will be 
  available.

  
 

  
I 
  realise this may be difficult but I detected a bit of concern among some SG 
  members that this work was draggging on a bit and people want some specificity 
  and responsiveness.

  
 

  
Hope 
  you can help ASAP for the minutes.

  
 

  
Regards Richard

  
    

    
-----Original Message-----
From: Burg, HJM van 
    (DgB/INNOVATI) [mailto:] 
Sent: Tuesday, 
    September 23, 2003 9:08 AM
To: HIGHFIELD Richard, 
    DAF/CTPA/TAE
Subject: FW: Updated Decisions 
    Document

    
Richard,

    
 

    
As 
    promised the draft decisions of the OASIS meeting prior to the E-services 
    meeting last week.

    
If 
    you have any questions i'll be happy to answer. 

    
When you have to prepare a report to the 
    commisionersmeeting on the e-services and want to include OASIS tax-xml in 
    it I can assist you if you think it usefull.

    
 

    
Harm Jan van Burg

    
 

    
 

    

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