International taxes
These include all international taxes, including domestic levies with an international angle, and are dealt with by the International Taxes Working Group
This group monitors developments in the international tax field and takes appropriate action where necessary, following reference back to the Taxation Committee.
The chairman of this group, the chairman of the Taxation Committee and the head of the CBI's Tax and Fiscal Policy Group are the CBI-nominated representatives of BIAC's Fiscal Affairs Committee where, as reported by BIAC staff, the CBI is the leading international contributor to the formulation of BIAC tax policy. This group also interrelates with the Tax Policy Group of Business Europe.
Issues dealt with under this heading include:
- Single Market direct tax developments (including the Monti Report, co-ordination of CFC and thin capitalisation rules, CCCTB)
- OECD Model Tax Convention developments (including commentary)
- Transfer Pricing Guidelines (including the Project on Intangibles)
- Tax and Development (country by country reporting)
- Tax Relief and Compliance Enforcement (TRACE) OECD Project
- Monitoring impact of ECJ cases on UK direct tax (including infringement procedures)
- EU Code of Conduct
- EU Double Taxation issues (including arbitration convention)
- Monitoring developments in the US (at state and federal levels), India and Brazil
- Company residence
- HMRC Double Tax Treaty programme
- EU directives/regulations (direct taxes)
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