17th Tax Conference – Tax Policy Design and Reform
Post-event Statement
Senior tax officials from 32 ADB developing member countries participated in the 17th Tax Conference held at ADBI. Masahiro Kawai, Dean of the Institute and Toshiya Otsu, Director for International Issues at Japan’s Ministry of Finance opened the conference.
Participants shared country experiences on tax reforms and exchanged views on the latest development and trends, such as the increasing number of international tax treaties following the ever-growing globalization of economic activities and the continued decline in customs revenues due to the WTO and FTA commitments to reduce or eliminate customs duties on many products. The progress of tax reform measures in response to these trends was discussed, including the increasing use of value-added tax (VAT), its implementation progress and issues, and measures to address transfer pricing and double taxation. Materials are available on ADB’s Seventeenth Tax Conference website* * This link takes you outside the ADBI.org website. |
Purpose
To contribute to building capacity in public governance for tax policy and administration.
Background
ADB Institute (ADBI) in partnership with ADB, the Ministry of Finance of Japan, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD), are organizing the 17th Tax Conference on 8-11 October 2007 at ADBI premises in Tokyo. There are two key issues in international and national taxation in most developing countries—one is, following the globalization of economic activities, increased number of international tax treaties to adjust taxing rights between the governments concerned; and the other is increased introduction of value-added tax (VAT) to offset the decline of customs duty revenues due to the WTO and FTA commitments. Tax authorities in almost all developing countries are taking tax reform measures, in particular, to cope with these situations. The conference offers an opportunity for the tax authorities to discuss key emerging issues on international/national taxation, and share country experiences and best practices on tax reforms.
Objectives
- To provide participants with international knowledge and experience for tax policy design and tax reform
- To share experiences and establish networks among policy makers responsible for tax policies and tax administration
Outputs
- About 37 trained government officials responsible for tax policy
- Knowledge network among the participants
- Publication of proceedings
Participants
Middle- to senior-level government officials in the DMCs who are directly involved in establishing tax policy, supervising tax administration, and managing and developing human resources for tax policy implementation.
Language
English (no interpretation will be provided)
Responsibilities
Each participant will be required to submit a country report on its tax reform.
Cosponsors
Possible cosponsors are the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD), the Government of Japan, and ADB
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