Current International Issues in Tax Law Design (TLWD)
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- Session: CT 19.12
- Location: Shenzhen, China
- Dates: September 2-6, 2019 (1 week)
- Primary language: English
Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
- Director-Generals or Commissioners of tax authorities of Belt and Road Initiative countries, or their deputies.
- Qualifications:
- Participants should have a solid knowledge of fiscal and tax law.
- Participants should have strong English reading and speaking skills.
Course description
- Presented by staff and experts of the IMF Legal Department.
- Focuses on current international issues in tax law design.
- Covers a wide range of issues on the agenda of today's tax policymakers, especially:
- Cross-border and base erosion issues related to income and consumption taxes.
- Various tax law design issues relevant to foreign direct investments.
Course objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Explain the links between various fiscal laws and their implications.
- Identify key legal and current policy issues and best practice approaches to addressing them, such as through law reform.
- Analyze and assess domestic tax legislation against international best practices.
- Identify legal design approaches that have proven effective, based on cross-jurisdictional experiences shared by presenters and fellow participants.
- Explain to stakeholders proposed amendments to tax legislation and support those proposals in discussions and consultation procedures with stakeholders.