The 3rd face-to-face meeting of the Permanent Committee on the Control of Harmful International Tax Planning which, since its establishment has been sponsored by the Federal Administration of Public Revenues (AFIP) of the Republic of Argentina  was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina on April 7-9, 2010.

Present in the meeting were the CIAT Director of Studies and Training, María Raquel Ayala Doval, the CIAT International Cooperation Manager, Isaac Gonzalo Arias Esteban, Pablo Porporatto, President of the Committee and the following authorities of the sponsoring organization: the Deputy General Director of Examination, the Director of International Taxation and the Director of the Mar del Plata Region.

Other participants were officials from the tax administrations of Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, France, Kenya, Mexico, Paraguay, Portugal, Spain and Uruguay.

The discussions were based on structural and contents aspects of the 4 working lines adopted by the Committee (Study on Comparative Legislation, Study on Tax Havens, Data Base on Harmful International Tax Planning Schemes and Instruments and Study on the Control of Operations that Involve Intra-group Services).  Likewise, guidelines for concluding the working guidelines through the Committee’s virtual communication platform were determined.

It is also worth mentioning that a representative from Tax Justice International (TJI)was given the opportunity to comment on some of their interesting projects for combating harmful international tax planning.