Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, has been elected 1st vice chairman of United Nations Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters.
Chairman of Ghanaian Revenue Authority (GRA), Eric Nil Yarboi Mensah, emerged 2nd vice chairman.
This election took place in Geneva, Switzerland, where the global UN committee of tax experts is holding its meeting.
United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guteress, announced the appointment of the 25 members in a United Nations Economic and Social Council notification dated August 10, 2017.
The 25 tax experts were headhunted across the globe to sit in the committee and proffer solutions to issues on international taxation and cooperation.
Their mandate is to brainstorm and offer, from their wealth of experience, knowledge of how the world can manage taxation for international development and cooperation.
Guteress, who signed the notification of appointment, stated that a total of 60 nominations were received for the 25 positions in response to a note verbale, dated April 27, 2017, in which the secretary-general invited member states to nominate qualified candidates for selection to the Committee.
Chief of International Tax Cooperation at the United Nations, Michael Lennard, in a brief remark as the meeting commenced, underscored the importance of the important work the team need to do given the centrality of tax to development today.
