The UN Economic and Social Council held, on 15 March 2012, a one-day special meeting to consider the question of international cooperation in tax matters, including institutional arrangements to promote such cooperation.

Mr. Márcio Verdi, Executive Secretary, Inter-American Centre of Tax Administrations (CIAT), outlined CIAT’s activities aimed at enhancing cooperation, including through exchange

of experiences and best practices among its 40 member countries, with a view to

strengthening their tax administrations. He also reported on CIAT’s cooperation with other multilateral organizations and recent joint initiatives that resulted in an eff ective coordination of eff orts. Mr. Verdi stressed that such coordination required additional efforts to optimize

the use of resources and minimize the costs. The speaker called on the UN Committee to involve, to a greater extent, regional tax organizations in its work.

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Picture of the participants attending the International Tax Cooperation