AMCHAM NEWS & EVENTS
Summer 2017 / Issue 54
AAG on Why Performance Management Systems Matter
On April 20th, AAG – Analysis and
Advisory Group’s Managing Part-
ners, Verica Hadzi Vasileva-Mar-
kovska and Tereza Serafimova,
presented the main advantages of
successful Enterprise Performance
Management System (EPMS)
implementation, the pressing need
for having an agile workforce and
the value it brings both to the
employees and the customers.
AAG’s team emphasized the role
that HR leaders need to play in
closing the gap that occurs with the
rapid change in technology and the
need for adaptability by individu-
als, businesses, civil society and
governments.
The group shared the main
obstacles they face in trying to
implement EPMS’s within their
organizations, such as: lack of
funding, miscommunication, lack
of qualified personnel on higher
positions. Comparable experiences
from wide range of sectors were
shared among the participants.
They agreed that tailored and
successful EPMS can be imple-
mented, only after thorough analy-
sis of organizations’ unique specific
needs.
Base Erosion & Profit Shifting Trends with KPMG Macedonia
On May 25th, member KPMG Macedonia held an
M2M session to introduce interested members to the
OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Pack-
age and discuss its short and long term implications
for MNCs working in Macedonia.
KPMG’s Koce Jovanov led the session, providing
a brief historical overview of the BEPS, pointing out
15 measures created to help governments combat
MNC tax avoidance. He explained that the measures
focused on closing legal loopholes that have allowed
MNCs to avoid taxes altogether or pay them in tax
jurisdictions with the lowest rates, regardless of where
profits were actually generated. He said the OECD
package also aims to help governments protect com-
panies from lengthy disputes between tax author-
ities in such cases. KPMG’s Katerina Mitevska also
joined the conversation regarding local application of
these measures, noting that intergroup transactions
were already receiving increased attention from local
authorities and that data exchange with other national
tax authorities was advancing.
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