The annual OECD USCIB Tax Conference is the premier US-based event of the year for up-to-date OECD tax policy developments and business interaction. The Conference provides a unique opportunity for attendees to interact with key representatives from the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA) as well as key members of the OECD’s Committee on Fiscal Affairs: including Manal Corwin, Director, CTPA, Achim Pross and David Bradbury, Deputy Directors CTPA and other OECD, US government and foreign government tax officials. This year’s conference will focus on the Two Pillar Solution to the Tax Challenges of the Digitalization of the Economy by when it is expected that the entirety of the Pillar One rules and the Pillar Two guidance will have been published. In addition to the Pillar Two solution, the rest of the OECD tax policy agenda going into 2024 will be presented and discussed with members of the USCIB tax committee.
Location
Four Seasons, Georgetown
2800 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007
2800 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007
Date & Time
Mon, Jun 24—Tue, Jun 25, 2024
Registration Fees
Non-Member Rate: $1,895
Member Rate: $1,695
(If your company is a USCIB Member, please fill out this quick form to get a discount coupon to be applied during registration.)
Government, Academics*, and Retired Members: $800
*Government employees and Academia (full-time faculty and student)
Member Rate: $1,695
(If your company is a USCIB Member, please fill out this quick form to get a discount coupon to be applied during registration.)
Government, Academics*, and Retired Members: $800
*Government employees and Academia (full-time faculty and student)
Conference Agenda
Day One: Monday, June 24, 2024
8:30 am – 9:00 am: Registration & Check-In
9:00 am – 9:30 am: Welcome & Plenary
Opening Keynote, Senior Government (TBC)
9:30 am – 10:20 am: The International Tax Agenda
This panel will discuss the status of the international tax agenda. Where are we on the two Pillars, and what else is on the agenda outside of the two Pillars? What issues are governments and MNEs focusing on in the short and long run? How can institutions collaborate with each other in addressing the needs of developed and developing countries?
Moderator: Manal Corwin, Director, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA)
Panelists:
10:20 am – 10:40 am: Refreshment Break
10:40 am – 12:00 pm: Fostering Growth and Adapting to a Changing Environment (Global Mobility, CIT Simplification, Tax Administration 3.0)
Tax systems are primarily aimed at financing public expenditures, but they are also used to promote other public policy objectives, such as equity, and to address social and economic concerns. Investigating how tax systems could best be designed to promote economic growth is a key issue for tax policy making. This panel will discuss how tax policy can foster growth and adapt to a changing environment in the areas of increased global mobility of workers, the re-evaluation of anti-abuse measures intended to achieve broadly similar purposes as Pillar Two, as well as the digital transformation of tax administration.
Moderator: Achim Pross, Deputy Director, OECD CTPA
Panelists:
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Luncheon and Keynote Address
1:30 pm – 1:50 pm: The European Commission and International Tax Policy
1:50 pm – 3:00 pm: Developments in Addressing Tax Challenges to the Digital Economy – Amount A
This panel will provide a discussion on the status of Pillar One – Amount A. In October 2023, the Inclusive Framework’s Task Force on the Digital Economy approved the release of a text of the Multilateral Convention (MLC), together with related materials. This panel will discuss the main elements of the MLC, as well as the next steps on Pillar One.
Moderator: Achim Pross, Deputy Director, OECD CTPA / Jesse Eggert, Senior Advisor, OECD CTPA
Panelists:
3:00 – 4:30 pm: Transfer Pricing, with focus on Amount B
Amount B calls for simplification and streamlining of the application of the arm’s length principle as it applies to in-country baseline marketing and distribution activities. The OECD published the final report on Amount B in February 2024. This panel will discuss the content of that report, as well as further work that will be done in this area.
Moderator: Achim Pross, Deputy Director, OECD CTPA
Panelists:
4:30 pm – 4:50 pm: Refreshment Break
4:50 pm – 6:00 pm: Tax Certainty outside the Pillars
As recognised by G20 Ministers, maintaining and enhancing tax certainty benefits taxpayers and tax administrations alike and is key in promoting investment, jobs and growth. Enhancing tax certainty is one of the main priorities of the OECD Forum on Tax Administration which brings together more than 50 advanced and emerging tax administrations. This panel will discuss the latest developments in tax certainty outside of the Pillars.
Moderator: Sandra Knaepen, Acting Head of the Tax Administration & VAT Division, OECD CTPA
Panelists:
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm: Evening Reception
Day Two: Tuesday, June 25, 2024
8:30 am – 9:00 am: Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:30 am: Day 2 Welcome
9:30 am – 10:30 am: Pillar Two: Implementation of the Global Minimum Tax, including Administrative Guidance
In light of the Global Minimum Tax, which comes into effect in many jurisdictions from the beginning of 2024, this panel will discuss the implementation of the Global Minimum Tax among Inclusive Framework jurisdictions.
Moderator: Achim Pross, Deputy Director, OECD CTPA
Panelists:
10:30 am – 10:50 am: Refreshment Break
10:50 am – 11:50 am: Global Minimum Tax: Rule Co-ordination, Compliance Approaches, Dispute Prevention and Resolution
Enhancing tax certainty is a key element of the Two Pillar Solution to the tax challenges arising from digitalization. The Global Minimum Tax includes several features to improve co-ordination, including qualified status/peer review, an administrative framework that facilitates exchange of information and compliance coordination, as well as tax certainty mechanisms that include the potential for a Multilateral Instrument. This panel will discuss the challenges and opportunities in designing rules and administrative approaches to coordinate compliance, prevent disputes and ensure timely resolution of disputes under the Global Minimum Tax.
Moderator: Marco Iuvinale, Director of European and International Tax Affairs, Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance
Panelists:
11:50 am – 12:00 pm: Closing Remarks
12 noon: Conference adjourns
8:30 am – 9:00 am: Registration & Check-In
9:00 am – 9:30 am: Welcome & Plenary
Opening Keynote, Senior Government (TBC)
- Rick Minor, SVP, International Tax Counsel, USCIB
- Whitney Baird, President and CEO, USCIB
- Manal Corwin, Director, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA)
- John Stowell, Chair, USCIB Tax Committee, Head of Global Tax and International Financial Reporting, The Walt Disney Company
9:30 am – 10:20 am: The International Tax Agenda
This panel will discuss the status of the international tax agenda. Where are we on the two Pillars, and what else is on the agenda outside of the two Pillars? What issues are governments and MNEs focusing on in the short and long run? How can institutions collaborate with each other in addressing the needs of developed and developing countries?
Moderator: Manal Corwin, Director, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA)
Panelists:
- Tim Power, Co-chair, OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS
- Scott Levine, Deputy Assistant Secretary (International Tax Affairs), U.S. Treasury
- Carlos Eduardo Protto, Director of International Tax Relations, Ministry of Treasury, Argentina
- Marco Iuvinale, Director of European and International Tax Affairs, Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance
- Barbara Angus, Global Tax Policy Leader, EY
- Michael Plowgian, Partner, KPMG
- Jason Weinstein, Vice President, Tax, North America, Amazon
10:20 am – 10:40 am: Refreshment Break
10:40 am – 12:00 pm: Fostering Growth and Adapting to a Changing Environment (Global Mobility, CIT Simplification, Tax Administration 3.0)
Tax systems are primarily aimed at financing public expenditures, but they are also used to promote other public policy objectives, such as equity, and to address social and economic concerns. Investigating how tax systems could best be designed to promote economic growth is a key issue for tax policy making. This panel will discuss how tax policy can foster growth and adapt to a changing environment in the areas of increased global mobility of workers, the re-evaluation of anti-abuse measures intended to achieve broadly similar purposes as Pillar Two, as well as the digital transformation of tax administration.
Moderator: Achim Pross, Deputy Director, OECD CTPA
Panelists:
- Mike Williams, Director of Corporate Tax, HM Treasury
- Silke Bruns, Director for International Taxation, Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany (TBC)
- Mickie Schoch, Director of General Fiscal Policy, Directorate General of Fiscal Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Netherlands (TBC)
- Daniel Smith, Director, International Tax Planning & Policy, Alphabet
- Alan McLean, Chair of Business at OECD (BIAC) Tax Committee
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Luncheon and Keynote Address
- Barbara Angus, Global Tax Policy Leader, EY
- Peter Blessing, Associate Chief Counsel, International, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Treasury
1:30 pm – 1:50 pm: The European Commission and International Tax Policy
- Gerassimos Thomas, Director-General, Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission
1:50 pm – 3:00 pm: Developments in Addressing Tax Challenges to the Digital Economy – Amount A
This panel will provide a discussion on the status of Pillar One – Amount A. In October 2023, the Inclusive Framework’s Task Force on the Digital Economy approved the release of a text of the Multilateral Convention (MLC), together with related materials. This panel will discuss the main elements of the MLC, as well as the next steps on Pillar One.
Moderator: Achim Pross, Deputy Director, OECD CTPA / Jesse Eggert, Senior Advisor, OECD CTPA
Panelists:
- Scott Levine, Deputy Assistant Secretary (International Tax Affairs), U.S. Treasury
- Claudia Consuelo Vargas Cifuentes, Head of International Taxation Office, Colombia; or Andrea del Pilar Prieto Gonzalez, International Tax Advisor, Colombian Tax Administration (TBC)
- Carlos Eduardo Protto, Director of International Tax Relations, Ministry of Treasury, Argentina
- Tom Roesser, Tax Policy Counsel, Microsoft Corp.
- Tadd Fowler, Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Global Taxes, The Procter & Gamble Company
- Bob Stack, Managing Director, Deloitte
3:00 – 4:30 pm: Transfer Pricing, with focus on Amount B
Amount B calls for simplification and streamlining of the application of the arm’s length principle as it applies to in-country baseline marketing and distribution activities. The OECD published the final report on Amount B in February 2024. This panel will discuss the content of that report, as well as further work that will be done in this area.
Moderator: Achim Pross, Deputy Director, OECD CTPA
Panelists:
- Chris Bello, Attorney-Advisor, Tax Legislation, U.S. Treasury
- Tim Power, Deputy Director for Business and International Tax, HM Treasury
- Thulani Shongwe, Acting Senior Manager: African Multi-Lateral Tax Co-Operation, ATAF (TBC)
- Kartikeya Singh, Principal, PwC
- Jessie Coleman, Principal, Washington National Tax, KPMG
4:30 pm – 4:50 pm: Refreshment Break
4:50 pm – 6:00 pm: Tax Certainty outside the Pillars
As recognised by G20 Ministers, maintaining and enhancing tax certainty benefits taxpayers and tax administrations alike and is key in promoting investment, jobs and growth. Enhancing tax certainty is one of the main priorities of the OECD Forum on Tax Administration which brings together more than 50 advanced and emerging tax administrations. This panel will discuss the latest developments in tax certainty outside of the Pillars.
Moderator: Sandra Knaepen, Acting Head of the Tax Administration & VAT Division, OECD CTPA
Panelists:
- Japan government speaker (TBC)
- Nicole Welch, Director, Treaty & Transfer Pricing Operations, LB&I, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Treasury
- Carlos Eduardo Protto, Director of International Tax Relations, Ministry of Treasury, Argentina
- Nate Carden, Partner, Skadden Arps
- Elizabeth Stevens, Member, Caplin & Drysdale
- Arlene Fitzpatrick, Principal, NTD, EY
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm: Evening Reception
Day Two: Tuesday, June 25, 2024
8:30 am – 9:00 am: Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:30 am: Day 2 Welcome
- Congressional Speaker (TBC)
- Rick Minor, SVP, International Tax Counsel, USCIB
9:30 am – 10:30 am: Pillar Two: Implementation of the Global Minimum Tax, including Administrative Guidance
In light of the Global Minimum Tax, which comes into effect in many jurisdictions from the beginning of 2024, this panel will discuss the implementation of the Global Minimum Tax among Inclusive Framework jurisdictions.
Moderator: Achim Pross, Deputy Director, OECD CTPA
Panelists:
- John Peterson, Acting Head of the Cross Border and International Tax Division, OECD CTPA
- Trevor McGowan, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (TBC)
- Silke Bruns, Director for International Taxation, Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany, (TBC)
- Japan government speaker (TBC)
- Thulani Shongwe, Acting Senior Manager: African Multi-Lateral Tax Co-Operation, ATAF (TBC)
- Pat Brown, Principal, Washington National Tax Services Co-Leader, PwC
10:30 am – 10:50 am: Refreshment Break
10:50 am – 11:50 am: Global Minimum Tax: Rule Co-ordination, Compliance Approaches, Dispute Prevention and Resolution
Enhancing tax certainty is a key element of the Two Pillar Solution to the tax challenges arising from digitalization. The Global Minimum Tax includes several features to improve co-ordination, including qualified status/peer review, an administrative framework that facilitates exchange of information and compliance coordination, as well as tax certainty mechanisms that include the potential for a Multilateral Instrument. This panel will discuss the challenges and opportunities in designing rules and administrative approaches to coordinate compliance, prevent disputes and ensure timely resolution of disputes under the Global Minimum Tax.
Moderator: Marco Iuvinale, Director of European and International Tax Affairs, Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance
Panelists:
- John Peterson, Acting Head of the Cross Border and International Tax Division, OECD CTPA
- Beth Bell, Senior Tax Advisor, Tax Policy, U.S. Treasury
- Mickie Schoch, Director of General Fiscal Policy, Directorate General of Fiscal Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Netherlands (TBC)
- Rafic Barrage, Partner, Tax, Baker & McKenzie
- Kevin Brogan, Partner, KPMG
- Alyson Lawrence, Vice President, Global Taxation, Johnson & Johnson
11:50 am – 12:00 pm: Closing Remarks
- Manal Corwin, Director, OECD CTPA
- Rick Minor, SVP, International Tax Counsel, USCIB
- Lily Faulhaber, Vice Dean & Ralph H. Dwan Chair in Taxation, Georgetown University Law Center
12 noon: Conference adjourns
Venue & Room Block
The conference is taking place at the Four Seasons, Georgetown, located at 2800 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007.
A limited number of rooms have been blocked at the reduced rate of $485/night plus 15.95% tax at the conference venue, The Four Seasons Hotel, Washington, D.C. Please call +1-800-819-5053 to make your reservation and mention the OECD USCIB Tax Conference.
The reservations must be made prior to Tuesday, June 4, 2024. The group rate will not be available after this date.
Rooms reserved without a processed conference registration will be cancelled in order to ensure space for confirmed participants.
The reservations must be made prior to Tuesday, June 4, 2024. The group rate will not be available after this date.
Rooms reserved without a processed conference registration will be cancelled in order to ensure space for confirmed participants.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I get a refund?
Registrations are non-refundable. Cancellations are liable for the full conference fee. You may send a substitute in your place for no additional charge. Substitutions must be requested via email no later than Friday, June 14, 2024. Please email our Events Team at tax@uscib.org to request a substitute.
Will there be an internet connection at the conference?
Wireless internet is available for conference attendees in the meeting room. Please ask a conference staff for the wireless password; login credentials will be displayed on conference materials throughout the space.
Complimentary internet is also available in your hotel room.
Complimentary internet is also available in your hotel room.
Will I be able to park at the venue, Four Seasons?
Valet Parking is available at the conference venue, The Four Seasons Hotel, for conference attendees. The daily rate is $35 per car; overnight rate is $70 per car.
How do I get to the venue?
The nearest metro station to the Four Seasons in Georgetown is the Foggy Bottom-GWU station. Both Blue and Orange lines stop at the Foggy Bottom Metro. The Four Seasons hotel is approximately a four-block walk from the metro.
The hotel is located at 2800 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007.
The hotel is located at 2800 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007.
Can I receive CPE/CLE Credit?
We are not an accredited CPE organization and do not offer CPE. If you are interested in receiving CLE credit, please notify a representative at the registration desk and sign in and out at the registration table each day. We will send you a certificate of attendance so that you can apply for credit after the conference in the state where you would like credit.
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