Tax Advocacy Groups Applaud UN Call for Bigger Role in Tax Policy

A draft report from the UN seeking greater involvement in international tax policy drew support from tax advocacy groups and calls for clarity from businesses on how its proposal would interact with existing OECD efforts.

The European Network on Debt and Development, or Eurodad, said in a statement Wednesday that the work the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has done on international taxation hasn’t addressed the needs of developing nations.

The group lauded UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a draft report released Tuesday stating that enhancing the UN’s role in setting and shaping global tax rules “appears the ...