International Taxation Conference 2019

Joint Conference between the Foundation for International Taxation and IBFD, in cooperation with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

The 24^th annual International Taxation Conference will focus on the refinement of BEPS recommendations, follow-up on global recommendations and the resolution of the MLI (Action 15).

The keynote speaker will be Pascal Saint-Amans, Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD, who will present the latest developments of the BEPS Project. The digital economy and its taxation (BEPS Action 1) remains a controversial topic; however, by the end of 2019, it is expected that the OECD will have advanced its work to other issues under BEPS.

In addition to BEPS, the global experts speaking at this year’s event will share their expertise on the following topics:

• Recent tax reforms in the United States, European Union and Asia, and their impact on worldwide tax systems

• Residence v. source taxation: Global trends in taxing rights

• The UN Model Convention: Recent changes and impact on global tax treaties

• Major trends in international taxation and their likely impact

• Relevance of substance in cross-border tax planning

• Developing countr...