UN releases papers in advance of workshop on protecting the tax base of developing countries

The UN’s Financing for Development Office has released papers authored by prominent international tax professors in preparation for a workshop, “Tax Base Protection for Developing Countries,” to be held on Sept. 23.

The workshop is the second of a series organized by the UN in cooperation with the OECD Center for Tax Policy and Administration.

The following papers were released:

  • Preventing the Artificial Avoidance of PE Status, by Adolfo Martín Jiménez , University of Cadiz
  • Neutralizing Effects of Hybrid Mismatch Arrangements, by Peter Harris, University of Cambridge
  • Limiting Interest Deductions, by Peter Barnes, Duke University
  • Taxation of Capital Gains, by Wei Cui, University of British Columbia
  • Preventing Tax Treaty Abuse, by Graeme S. Cooper, University of Sydney
  • Transparency and Disclosure, by Diane Ring, Boston College Law School

See also, Tentative Workshop Programme, Note by UN Subcommittee on BEPS

(Update 7/16/2015: this article has been updated to remove all links because the linked pages have been removed from the UN website)