International Taxation Conference 2019
The 24th annual conference in 2019 marks a major shift in the focus away from base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) to a wider topic dealing with the use of computers and digitalization of the global economy. The theme of the conference will be Addressing the Global tax Challenges Arising from Digitalization, while the conference's keynote topic remains An Overview of and Likely New Issues under the OECD Agenda on Digital Economy (Action 1).
The first speaker will be Murray Clayson, the current worldwide president of the International Fiscal Association, with Porus Kaka, the former president, as the session chairman. The keynote speaker in this session will be Pascal Saint-Amans, director of the OECD's Center for Tax Policy, based in Paris. He heads the BEPS Project and reports regularly to the G20 finance ministers on its progress.
Other eminent speakers this year include Robert Danon, professor at Lausanne University in Switzerland; Mike Williams, from the UK treasury in the United Kingdom; Sol Picciotto, emeritus professor from Lancaster University, the United Kingdom; Jeffrey Owens, professor and director of the Global Tax Policy Center at Vienna University; and Akhilesh Ranjan, member of the Central Board of Direct Taxes, India.
Professor Roy Rohatgi (FIT) and IBFD's Knowledge Centre director, Belema Obuoforibo, will be the conference's directors.
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Seminar: Implications of the OECD Global anti-base erosion proposal (Pillar II) 4 December 2019, Mumbai, India Ahead of the conference, join us for the IBFD and Tax Analysts seminar on the implications of the OECD Global anti-base erosion proposal (Pillar II). We’ll be exploring the various implications of the Pillar II proposals for businesses and tax administrations. We’ll also highlight the possible challenges that the implementation of these proposals could face from conceptual and practical standpoints. This seminar is free to attend and spaces are limited.
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Source: https://www.ibfd.org/IBFD-Tax-Portal/Events/International-Taxation-Conference-2019