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ECOSOC special meeting on international cooperation in tax matters

  • Date: 18 May 2018, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Pursuant to its resolutions and , ECOSOC held, on 18 May 2018, its one day annual meeting to consider international cooperation in tax matters including, as appropriate, its contribution to mobilizing domestic financial resources for development and the institutional arrangements to promote such cooperation, with the participation of the representatives of national tax authorities.

The meeting was held immediately following the 16th session of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (Committee). It aimed to facilitate a dialogue between the Committee and the Council and provide input to the intergovernmental consideration of tax matters at the 51Թ, as mandated in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda. The special meeting served as an important opportunity to address emerging tax policy and administration issues related to the digitalization of the economy. The meeting also discussed, with relevant stakeholders, broader thematic issues in international tax cooperation.

Organizational matters

Notes and presentations

NOTES

Informal summary of the 2018 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development’s interactive dialogue on “Taxation in the digitalized economy”

Informal summary of the discussion on “Tax treatment of ODA projects” during the sixteenth
session of the UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters

Note on the discussion of the “Tax consequences of the digitalized economy — issues of relevance for developing countries” during the sixteenth session of the UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (14-17 May 2018

 

PRESENTATIONS

Opening remarks

  • H.E. Mahmadamin Mahmadaminov (Tajikistan), Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council
  • Mr. Elliott Harris, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development and Chief Economist

Keynote address

Update on the Work of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters

  • Mr. Eric Nii Yarboi Mensah, Co-Chairperson, Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters; and Assistant Commissioner, Revenue Authority, Ghana
  • Ms. Carmel Peters, Co-Chairperson, Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters; and Policy Manager, Inland Revenue, New Zealand

Taxation and the Digitalization of the Economy

  • Mr. Aart Roelofsen, Co-Coordinator of the Subcommittee on Tax Issues Related to the Digitalization of the Economy; and Deputy Head, International Tax Unit, Ministry of Finance, Netherlands
  • Mr. Brian Jenn, Deputy International Tax Counsel, Department of the Treasury, United States of America
  • Ms. Grace Perez-Navarro, Deputy Director, Center for Tax Policy and Administration, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Mr. Rajat Bansal, Joint Secretary, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, India
  • Ms. Aneesa Baig, Director: Indirect Tax, Legal Tax Design, National Treasury of South Africa

Taxation of ODA-funded Projects

Strengthening Tax Capacity in Developing Countries: Inter-agency Platform for Collaboration on Tax

  • Ms. Alma Kanani, Practice Manager, Domestic Revenue Mobilization, Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions, World Bank Group
  • Mr. Navid Hanif, Director, Financing for Sustainable Development Office, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 51Թ
  • Ms. Grace Perez-Navarro, Deputy Director, Center for Tax Policy and Administration, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Mr. Christophe Waerzeggers, Senior Counsel, International Monetary Fund

General Discussion

Closing remarks

  • H.E. Mahmadamin Mahmadaminov (Tajikistan), Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council

Registration

Please note, registration is now closed.

Participants should retain a hard copy of their completed registration form and bring it with them to New York.

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