Corporate Tax Bosses Look to OECD to Ease Global Fracturing (1)

Our Business at OECD Tax Committee leadership commented on the OECD's tax agenda. “Improved dispute resolution is a critical area” for the OECD, Jesper Barenfeld, senior vice president and head of corporate tax at AB Volvo, told Bloomberg Tax, who is also a Business at OECD Tax Committee Vice-Chair. Christian Kaeser, global head of tax at Siemens and co-chair of the tax committee at Business at OECD, said policymakers in Europe should make their own adjustments to account for the shifting global order. “What I am afraid of is that Europe and some of its member states close their eyes for too long and believe that we are still operating in a world where all countries are working towards the same goals,” Kaeser said. He said EU tax policy should acknowledge “that the environment in which they are operating has been changing and that they need to calibrate to maintain the competitiveness of the European economy.” 

Read Bloomberg's article here: https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report-international/corporate-tax-bosses-look-to-oecd-to-ease-global-fracturing.