Selected Issues in Fiscal Law and Governance (FLG)

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Presented by the Legal Department.
Focuses on legal design aspects of current issues related to fiscal and tax laws during an era of fiscal tightening.
Topic: Legal and Institutional Frameworks.
Examples of issues covered:
- Current taxation issues, such as cross-border issues and base erosion, and the design of instruments in the areas of income tax and general consumption taxes (e.g., VAT) to address them.
- Budget law issues, including sound legal principles for organic budget laws, designing fiscal rules, fiscal coordination in a federal context, and the role of fiscal councils.
- Aspects of public debt management (PDM) and securities, including legal and institutional aspects of PDM and the issuance of public debt securities.
- Designing legal frameworks for sovereign wealth funds and state-owned enterprises.

Target Audience:
- Lawyers from ministries of finance or other government agencies concerned with the legal aspects of fiscal policy making.
Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to be qualified lawyers with a background advising ministries of finance or other government agencies on legal aspects of fiscal policy or on drafting fiscal legislation.
- Attendance is by invitation only.
- Prerequisites are specified in the nomination request letters.

Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Explain the links between various aspects of fiscal law and their implications.
- Identify legal and current policy issues in various aspects of fiscal law and best practice approaches to addressing them, such as law reform.
- Identify legal design approaches that have proven effective, based on cross-jurisdictional experiences shared by presenters and fellow participants.