首届税收合作平台全球会议2月14日至16日在联合国总部召开

各国代表在税收合作平台全球会议上讨论中国经验

2018年02月15日来源： 新华社

首届税收合作平台全球会议14日在联合国总部开幕。多国与会代表表示，中国税收政策在支持和推动可持续发展中得到较好运用，值得很多发展中国家借鉴。

此次会议为期三天，主题为“税收与可持续发展目标”，来自各国约450名税收政策官员和各界代表围绕税收如何推动可持续发展目标实现展开讨论。

会议期间，中国国家税务总局局长王军应邀作主旨发言，介绍中国税收在支持可持续发展方面的主要做法和经验。王军表示，中国愿同各国际组织、各国税务部门共同营造合作共赢的国际税收环境，促进全球可持续发展。

非洲税收管理论坛执行秘书沃特表示，过去５年，中国6600多万贫困人口稳定脱贫，税收形成的财力支持在其中的作用不可或缺；此外，中国还发挥税收的政策调节作用，推动城乡均衡发展。沃特说，这些经验值得发展中国家借鉴。

同时，与会代表还关注提升各国税收征管能力的“智慧型税收”建设。国际货币基金组织财政事务部主任加斯帕尔认为，征管手段落后是一些国家税基严重侵蚀的重要原因，各国有必要借鉴中国运用信息化手段提升税收能力的成功做法。

近年来，中国税收工作信息化水平不断提升。2016年，金税三期工程全面上线，使中国税收征管搭上了创新发展的“高速列车”。

加斯帕尔认为，除通过信息化建设提高税收征管能力，各国还应重视国际税收合作，重构国际税收规则。

税收合作平台由国际货币基金组织、经济合作与发展组织、联合国和世界银行等国际机构联合发起成立。经合组织税收政策与管理中心副主任佩雷斯—纳瓦罗在会议上表示，税收合作平台的建立，标志着四大国际组织在税收征管能力建设领域进一步深化务实合作。

 Countries must strengthen taxsystems to meet Sustainable Development Goals

14/02/2018 - Major internationalorganisations - including the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank Group - today calledon governments from around the world to strengthen and increase theeffectiveness of their tax systems to generate the domestic resources needed tomeet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and promote inclusive economicgrowth.

Domestic resource mobilisationpresents a particular challenge for developing countries, which struggle toraise sufficient revenue to provide basic services, such as roadinfrastructure, healthcare, and public safety. Research indicates that at least15 percent of GDP in revenue is necessary to finance these basic services but,in almost 30 of the 75 poorest countries, tax revenues are below this 15percent threshold.

At the same time, all countries needto pay greater attention to the spillovers from their tax policies and step uptheir support for stronger tax systems. Governments and relevant stakeholdersalso need to continue to work together on establishing a fair and efficientsystem of international taxation, including efforts to fight tax evasion andtax avoidance.

During a three-day conference at UNheadquarters on "Taxation and the SDGs", ministers and deputyministers of finance, tax authorities, and senior representatives from civilsociety, private sector, academia, regional and global organisations willdebate the key directions needed for tax policy and administration to meet theSDGs by 2030.

The conference, organised by the Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT)at UN headquarters, provides a unique opportunity to discuss the role of tax inending poverty, protecting the planet and ensuring prosperity for all,including: how to mobilise domestic resources for development; tax policies tosupport sustainable economic growth, investment and trade; the socialdimensions of taxation (income and gender inequality, human development); aswell as capacity development and international tax co-operation.

As an era of unprecedentedinternational co-operation on tax is underway with the advent of initiativeslike the Automatic Exchange of Information, the Base Erosion and ProfitShifting (BEPS) project, and the active engagement of the UN Tax Committee—allthese initiatives create new opportunities for the enhanced participation ofdeveloping countries in international tax policy discussions and institutions,but also new challenges to fully realising the benefits of internationalco-operation on tax.

The conference aims to provideguidance to countries and other stakeholders on how to better target taxefforts to achieve broader development goals. Insights from the conference willhelp inform and shape the future work of the PCT members and partners,including the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank.

At the end of the event, PCT partnerswill issue a conference statement, which will inform a future agenda on taxpolicy and administration.

The conference will begin at 10:00AM(EST) on Wednesday 14 February 2018.

See the full programme:http://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2017/06/06/first-global-conference-of-the-platform-for-collaboration-on-tax

Plenary sessions will be broadcastlive: http://webtv.un.org

NOTE TO THE EDITORS: Below are quotesfrom each organisation's head.

"I call upon the internationalcommunity to establish effective mechanisms to combat tax evasion, moneylaundering and illicit financial flows, so that developing countries couldbetter mobilise their own resources."

António Guterres – Secretary-Generalof the United Nations

"Fair and efficient tax systems,combined with good service delivery and public accountability, build citizens'trust in government and help societies prosper."

Jim Kim – President of the World BankGroup

"Funding the SDGs is an economicand ethical imperative with major implications for taxation. Countriesthemselves need to raise more revenue in an equitable way. And the entireinternational community needs to eradicate tax evasion and tax avoidance."

Christine Lagarde – Managing Directorof the International Monetary Fund

"Effective taxation is essentialto promote a more inclusive and sustainable growth. It is fundamental to makingglobalisation work for all. It is crucial for achieving the SustainableDevelopment Goals."

Ángel Gurría – Secretary-General ofthe OECD