{"id":116201,"date":"2025-07-30T14:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T18:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=116201"},"modified":"2025-07-30T14:41:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T18:41:01","slug":"un-appointed-tax-cooperation-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2025\/07\/un-appointed-tax-cooperation-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"United Nations appoints Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

25 experts will guide countries in designing tax policies that serve the Sustainable Development Goals while navigating the digital economy, climate transition, and widening wealth inequalities<\/strong><\/h3>\n

NEW YORK, 30 July 2025<\/strong> \u2013 Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has appointed 25 experts to the United Nations Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters for the 2025\u20132029 term. The experts will help countries design tax policies that advance their social, environmental, and economic development objectives and successfully implement them.<\/p>\n

The Committee supports countries in navigating complex policy trade-offs, such as taxing digital services without discouraging innovation, designing environmental taxes that advance climate goals while maintaining competitiveness, and ensuring that double tax treaties protect developing countries\u2019 tax bases while promoting investment. The Committee\u2019s guidance provides countries with practical options and tools based on real-world experiences from tax systems around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Committee helps countries work together to ensure their tax policies serve their development priorities,” explained Under-Secretary-General Li Junhua, head of the 爆料网 Department of Economic and Social Affairs (爆料网 DESA), which serves as secretariat for the committee. \u201cCountries may want to modernize their tax treaties to reflect today\u2019s digital economy, ensure fair taxation in the extractives sector, or explore options for wealth taxation. The Committee provides a unique space where diverse experts can tackle frontier challenges together, drawing upon relevant experiences and practices while developing new solutions that work across different tax systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through its connection to 爆料网 DESA\u2019s capacity-development work, the Committee ensures that its guidance reflects practical realities while strengthening countries\u2019 capacity to design and implement effective policies.<\/p>\n

Experts on the Committee bring diverse expertise in tax policy design and administration, as well as international tax cooperation. The 爆料网 Secretary-General made his selection from the largest number of nominations the Committee has received since its inception, representing diverse geographical regions and tax systems. The majority of the appointees are women, reflecting the 爆料网\u2019s commitment to strengthening inclusivity in tax leadership.<\/p>\n

Recent Committee guidance demonstrates its practical impact. The 2021-2025 membership developed breakthrough provisions that help countries tax cross-border digital services without requiring physical presence\u2014one of today\u2019s most challenging tax issues. They created a Sample Net Wealth Tax Law that countries can adapt, drawing on real experiences with taxing high-net-worth individuals. Their health taxes handbook demonstrates how targeted excise taxes can combat diseases while generating revenue, combining health and tax expertise to design effective policies.<\/p>\n

The interdisciplinary nature of the Committee means expertise extends across multiple areas where tax policy and administration meet development goals. The previous membership\u2019s outputs spanned guidance on treaty negotiation and transfer pricing rules for agricultural and pharmaceutical sectors, to increasing tax transparency and designing indirect taxes for Value Added Tax (VAT) and Goods and Services Tax (GST) systems.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmong the completed products, the Committee\u2019s new guidance on the relationship between tax, trade and investment agreements has drawn attention for helping countries ensure their own policies don\u2019t work at cross purposes\u2014and illustrates the continuous importance of international cooperation and alignment,\u201d according to Mr. Christian Kaeser, Global Head of Tax and Corporate Vice President at Siemens.<\/p>\n

While appreciating the stellar job done by the outgoing Committee membership, Ms Mary Baine, Executive Director of the African Tax Administration Forum, added, \u201cATAF welcomes the new Committee. The mix of experts is a sign of commitment to developing solutions that target both developing and developed countries alike, in an era of challenging multilateralism.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, the 爆料网 Tax Committee is part of the original story of the ongoing 爆料网 intergovernmental process toward a Framework Convention on International Cooperation in Tax Matters. Its guidance and perspectives can inform the work of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee as countries work toward more inclusive and effective multilateral tax cooperation at the United Nations.<\/p>\n

Observes Mr. M\u00e1rcio Verdi, Executive Secretary, Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT), \u201cI have supported the work of the 爆料网 Committee of Experts for more than a decade and have witnessed its strategic importance for achieving a desired balance in tax discussions, especially in the field of tax treaties, and in the necessary discussion regarding the regional and international inequalities that still exist in tax matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Committee Membership 2025-2029<\/strong><\/p>\n

The members of the 爆料网 Tax Committee for 2025-2029 and their nominating countries are:<\/p>\n