Description

If our current corporate tax systems did not exist few would propose that we should create them in their current form since they distort decision on the form and financing of investment, carry a high administrative and compliance cost and do not provide a level playing field for investment. This lecture will address the issues of: why has it been so difficult to reform these systems; what are the options on the table and how could Governments and business work together to design a system fit for today’s economic and technological environment.

About The Speaker

Jeffrey Owens completed his doctoral work at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom in 1973. In addition to his economic degrees, he is a qualified accountant.

Jeffrey Owens continued an academic career (Visiting Professor at the American University of Paris, Bocconi University, Italy and Queen Mary’s College, London) with his career as an International Civil Servant. He has focused his attention on questions of tax policy and tax administration, with particular emphasis on international taxation and related domestic issues. He established a major taxation program at the OECD and extensively developed the OECD contacts with non-member countries. His earlier work dealt with the development of international currency markets and the implications for monetary policies.

Jeffrey currently heads up the Global Tax Policy Centre at the Institute of Austrian and international Tax in Vienna .He chairs the Centre for Excellence in Tax in Singapore , is a member of the advisory board of the Alpbach Forum and is the Senior Policy Advisor to the Global Vice Chair Tax EY .He has also acted as a consultant to the UN, UNCTAD, UNODC , UN Commission in Africa , World Bank and European Commission.