(December 23. 2014)

On February 23 and 24, 2015 The European Commission's Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union (Hereafter; EC) is organizing – jointly with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – a high level conference on corporate debt bias. The EC and the IMF have named the conference: “Corporate debt bias: Economic Insights and Policy Options".  Based on a news release issued by the European Commission in this respect, the objective of the conference is taking stock of the recent tax policy debate on the corporate debt bias and the recent research mostly focused on the financial sector, bringing together academia and policy makers.

According to the information provided by the European Commission, the conference will take place in the Albert Borschette Conference Centre in Brussels. Based on the information provided by the European Commission there are no registration fees for this conference. Participants are requested to register on-line. The deadline for registration is February 6, 2015. Furthermore the European Commission states that due to the limited capacity of the conference rooms, the Commission services reserve the right not to accept registrations above that capacity. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided from and into French, English and German. The information provided by the European Commission further notes that participants are expected to organize their own travel and accommodation, the European Commission will not reimburse these expenses.

 

The speakers mentioned in the Draft Programme as published include a.o.: Ruud de Mooij (IMF, Deputy Division Chief in the Tax Policy Division, Fiscal Affairs Department), Gaëtan Nicodème (European Commission, Head of Unit, General Directorate TAXUD), Ernesto Zangari (European Commission, TAXUD), Vieri Ceriani (Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, Adviser to the Minister for Tax Policy) and Alfons J. Weichenrieder (Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt).

 

According to the Draft Programme the topics to be discussed a.o. include: Debt bias and BEPS, Review of experiences with ACE – with focus on Belgium, the Italian ACE, Interest deductibility rules in the EU with a focus on Germany and new bank taxes.

 

For further information, click here to be forwarded to the news release as issued by the European Commission in this respect. Attached to this news release you will find a Draft Programme for the conference and a document containing further information on the conference, on how to register, etc.

 

If you are interested in the Draft Programme, click here to be forwarded to the Draft Programme as published on the website of the European Commission, which will open in a new window.

 

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