Irma Mosquera Valderrama The EU’s lack of a clear and coherent direction in taxation shows the failure of the EU to generate legitimacy and trust among EU citizens, EU countries, and third, non-EU countries, in addition to the failure to
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By Peter Hongler Introduction: Why These Negotiations Matter For decades, international tax cooperation has been shaped by a small circle of advanced economies, primarily within the OECD and the G20. While these forums have produced important outcomes—such as the Inclusive Framework on BEPS and the two-pillar
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By Maarten de Wilde A Dutch language version of this piece will appear in Dutch tax weekly, Weekblad Fiscaal Recht. On June 28, 2025, the G7 reached a political agreement that exempts American multinationals from the global 15% minimum tax
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By Peter Hongler and Irma Mosquera Valderrama Comments on the “Co-Leads’ Draft Issue Note” on Workstream I as of 27 June 2025. Dear Mr. Nuer, We appreciate the opportunity to comment on the “Co-Leads’ Draft Issue Note” on Workstream I
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By Peter Hongler Early next week, the United Nations will host a series of multi-stakeholder consultations as part of its efforts to develop a UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation. This initiative has been structured around three distinct workstreams: While all
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The 2025 Sevilla Conference is a great opportunity to align international tax systems with a more inclusive digital future. Now is the time to act. Irma Mosquera and Tofigh Hasen Nezhad Nisi Since 2002, the United Nations’ Financing for Development
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By Irma Mosquera Valderrama This blogpost aims to provide some insights of the discussions at the organizational session of the negotiations for an UN International Framework Convention and to provide some remarks regarding the legitimacy of this process. While watching
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In 2021, 140 countries reached political agreement on a global corporate tax reform. Now, a few years later, the implementation is proving to be a challenge, perhaps even to the point of the initial agreement’s collapse. What happened?
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By Peter Hongler and Simon Habich The second session of negotiations of the Terms of Reference of a UN Framework Convention on international Tax Cooperation started on 29th July. The latest published Draft Terms of Reference contains a chapter on
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By Irma Mosquera, Julien Chaisse, and George Dimitropoulos
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