OECD opens registration for the conference on the 50th Anniversary of the OECD Model Tax Convention

29 April 2008 – The OECD has just opened registration and launched the conference website for its Conference on the 50th Anniversary of the OECD Model Tax Convention, which will take place in Paris (at the OECD’s new conference centre) on 8-9 September 2008:

www.oecd.org/ctp/mtc50years

In 1958, the Fiscal Committee of the OEEC (which became the OECD a few years later) published the first part of what subsequently became the OECD Model Tax Convention.

The OECD Model Tax Convention, one of the OECD’s most influential publications, gradually became the basis for the negotiation, interpretation and application of more than 3000 bilateral tax treaties. The Conference will mark the 50th anniversary of that first OECD tax publication.

More than 300 tax treaty officials from over 100 different tax administrations will be joined by a large number of business representatives, tax advisers and academics to examine tax treaty topics such as permanent establishments, royalties, services, beneficial ownership and dispute resolution.

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría will open the Conference on 8 September and Christine Lagarde, the French Minister of Economy, Industry and Employment, will be a guest speaker on 9 September. Other speakers will include some of the world’s best–known tax treaty specialists.

Registration may be made through the website, which also includes the Conference programme, details on speakers and sponsors as well as further practical details. A discounted registration fee is available to those who register before 31 May 2008.

If further information is needed, please send an e mail to: MTC50.anniversary@oecd.org