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  "title": "Tax Administration: Designing a Business Continuity Plan for an Epidemic",
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  "summary": "This technical note and manual (TNM) addresses the following questions: What is a business continuity plan (BCP) and what are its main components? What are a BCP’s key design considerations for an epidemic? What are the organizational and management arrangements for a BCP?",
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      "content": "- Technical note and manual (TNM) that addresses the following questions:\n  - What is a business continuity plan (BCP) and what are its main components?\n  - What are a BCP’s key design considerations for an epidemic?\n  - What are the organizational and management arrangements for a BCP?\n  - How does a BCP maintain a tax agency’s critical functions during an epidemic?\n  - How does a tax agency keep its BCP current and ready for deployment?"
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      "heading": "Authorship and Publication",
      "content": "- Authors: John D Brondolo, Joshua Aslett, Andja Komso\n- Publication date: November 10, 2020\n- Series: Technical Notes and Manuals No. 2020/001\n- Issue: 001\n- Volume: 2020\n- Pages: 29\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513559865.005\n- ISBN: 9781513559865\n- ISSN: 2075-8669\n- Stock No: TNMEA2020001"
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      "heading": "Key Themes and Focus Areas",
      "content": "- Definition and main components of a Business Continuity Plan (BCP).\n- Epidemic-specific design considerations for BCPs.\n- Organizational and management arrangements required for a BCP within a tax agency.\n- Mechanisms by which a BCP maintains critical tax administration functions during an epidemic.\n- Processes for keeping a BCP current and ready for deployment."
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      "content": "- Publication type: Technical Notes and Manuals (TNM)\n- Available formats: PDF and multiple formats via the IMF eLibrary.\n- Options noted on the page: Download PDF, More Formats on IMF eLibrary, Order a Print Copy, Create Citation."
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      "heading": "Subject and Keywords",
      "content": "- Subject: Crisis management, Tax administration act\n- Keywords: business continuity plan, crisis management, Tax administration"
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      "content": "- “This Technical Guidance Note should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this Note are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.”\n\nSource: IMF technical note and manual landing page for \"Tax Administration: Designing a Business Continuity Plan for an Epidemic\" by John D Brondolo, Joshua Aslett, and Andja Komso (November 10, 2020).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Appendix 1  Identifying Mission-Critical Functions\n  - Appendix 1  Identifying Mission-Critical Functions (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Appendix 1  Identifying Mission-Critical Functions (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/tnm/issues/2020/11/10/tax-administration-designing-a-business-continuity-plan-for-an-epidemic-49838"
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    "Published: November 10, 2020",
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    "Authors: John D Brondolo, Joshua Aslett, Andja Komso",
    "Publication date: November 10, 2020",
    "Series: Technical Notes and Manuals No. 2020/001",
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    "Volume: 2020",
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    "Definition and main components of a Business Continuity Plan (BCP).",
    "Epidemic-specific design considerations for BCPs.",
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    "Mechanisms by which a BCP maintains critical tax administration functions during an epidemic.",
    "Processes for keeping a BCP current and ready for deployment.",
    "Publication type: Technical Notes and Manuals (TNM)",
    "Available formats: PDF and multiple formats via the IMF eLibrary.",
    "Options noted on the page: Download PDF, More Formats on IMF eLibrary, Order a Print Copy, Create Citation.",
    "Subject: Crisis management, Tax administration act",
    "Keywords: business continuity plan, crisis management, Tax administration",
    "“This Technical Guidance Note should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this Note are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.”",
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