2019 OECD Tax Conference

SAVE THE DATE – The 2020 OECD International Tax Conference, June 1-2

Four Seasons Hotel, Washington

June 1: 8:30am – 7:30pm
June 2: 8:00am – 1:00pm

2019 Agenda with Confirmed Speakers

Now in its 14th year, this annual conference provided a unique opportunity for the U.S. business community to interact with key representatives from the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (“CTPA”) as well as key members of the OECD’s Committee on Fiscal Affairs: including Pascal Saint-Amans, Director, CTPA, and Grace Perez-Navarro, Deputy Director, CTPA. Speakers included Martin Kreienbaum, Chair of the OECD’s Committee on Fiscal Affairs and Director General for International Taxation at the German Federal Ministry of Finance, and Lafayette “Chip” Harter, Deputy Assistant Secretary – International Tax Affairs. This year’s conference focused mainly on the OECD’s work on a global solution to the tax challenges posed by the digitalization of the economy. This work is on a fast track, with the G20 having asked OECD to deliver a global solution in 2020, with an update in June 2019. With G20 Finance Ministers meeting in Japan a few days after the conference, this event provided participants a unique opportunity to hear and discuss the latest developments on this important issue.

2019 Agenda with Confirmed Speakers

Speaker Biographies

Information for Participants

Hotel Room Block

2019 Key Topics:

Four sessions on the Tax Challenges of Digitalization covering Pillar 1 – Profit Allocation and Nexus, Pillar 2 – Minimum Taxes and Taxes on Base Eroding Payments and next steps
Tax Treaties and the Multilateral Instrument
Improving Tax Certainty – ICAP and MAP
Transfer Pricing
The International Tax Implications of Brexit

2019 Featured Speakers:

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – Economist and International Development Expert with over 30 years of experience working in Asia, Africa, Central Europe and Latin America (Keynote Speaker)
Pascal Saint-Amans – Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD
Grace Perez-Navarro – Deputy Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD
Peter Robinson – President and CEO, USCIB
Russel Mills – Secretary General, Business at OECD
Martin Kreienbaum – Director General, International Taxation, Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany
Mike Williams – Director, Business and International Tax, HM Treasury, United Kingdom
Alexandra MacLean – Director General, International and Large Business Directorate, Canada Revenue Agency
Harry Roodbeen – Director, International Tax and Consumer Tax, Ministry of Finance, The Netherlands
Gael Perraud – Co-Chair, OECD Task Force on the Digital Economy; Director of International Taxation and European Affairs, Ministry of Economy and Finance, France
Lafayette (Chip) G. Harter – Deputy Assistant Secretary (International Tax Affairs), U.S. Treasury
Doug O’Donnell – Commissioner, Large Business and International (LB&I) Division, IRS
John C. C. Hughes, Director, APMA, Large Business and International (LB&I) Division, IRS
Achim Pross – Head of International Cooperation and Tax Administration, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD
Tomas Balco – Head of the Transfer Pricing Unit, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD
Sophie Chatel – Head of the Tax Treaty Unit, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD
Richard Collier – Senior Advisor, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD
Michael Graetz – Professor of Tax Law, Columbia Law School
Will Morris – Chairman, Business at OECD Committee on Taxation and Fiscal Affairs; Vice Chair, USCIB Tax Committee
Bill Sample – Chairman, USCIB Tax Committee; Vice Chair, Business at OECD Committee on Taxation and Fiscal Affairs
Tim McDonald – Vice Chair, USCIB Tax Committee
Louise Weingrod – Vice Chair, USCIB Tax Committee
Other Senior Treasury and Foreign Tax Policy Officials

For more information, including how to be placed on the waiting list, please contact Erin Breitenbucher (202-682-7465 or ebreitenbucher@uscib.org).

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