2nd IBFD International Tax Seminar 2019 | IBFD | 4 September 2019 | Training Institute, Ministry of Finance, No. 3, Lane 142, Roosevelt Rd, Wenshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan 116

In this global, ever-changing economic environment, international tax rules need to be adapted to new challenges. The BEPS (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) Project of the OECD has brought about many changes. Two of the three pillars of the BEPS Project are substance and transparency (the other is coherence), important issues that are addressed by Action 5. For the tax community around the globe, 2019 is the year of the implementation of the BEPS recommendations. Governments, including those of no-tax or low-tax jurisdictions such as the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, have introduced economic substance requirements on all offshore companies in response to the OECD’s released of Action 5 of the BEPS Project. Substance and transparency have become the most
important imperatives for future cross-border transactions and arrangements. The 2nd IBFD International Tax. Seminar will be mainly dedicated to these important issues and will focus on recent developments, in particular on economic substance requirements for offshore investment and trade activities, transparency in respect of rulings and mandatory disclosure rules on tax planning schemes.

Moreover, the OECD has recently released a “Program of Work” on the tax challenges of the digital economy, which will have a great impact on the concept of the nexus to a tax jurisdiction and allocation of profit. Through this seminar, we aim to provide taxpayers engaged in cross-border business activities, tax administrations and tax practitioners with a platform for information, discussion, sharing concerns and seeking solutions on the challenges we all face in the turbulent international tax environment.

What does this seminar offer attendees?
• This complimentary event offers delegates:
• Presentations and insights from distinguished speakers
• English and Chinese translation
• A 2-week free trial of the IBFD Tax Research Platform
• Opportunities to meet other tax professionals and peers

2019 Speakers

Pi-Lien Ding
Deputy Director-General, Department of International Fiscal Affairs, Ministry of Finance

Barry Larking
Head, KPMG

Yishian Lin
Vice-Chairman, International and China Service Committee of the Taiwan CPA Association

Shiqi Ma
Principal Research Associate, IBFD