Prof. Balco speaking on United Nation Model Tax Convention at ADB Conference in Japan Prof. Balco delivered an interactive session together with
Mr. Michael Lennard, Chief of International Tax Cooperation & Tax
Trade Section, U.N. Department of Economics & Social Affairs, United
Nations, New York on the practical aspects and experience with United Nations Model
Convention and tax treaties modeled thereafter (video lecture of Michael),
during the
Nineteenth Tax Conference on International Model Tax Treaties for Central, West
and East Asian Region at ADB Institute in Tokyo. Next to
this scheduled input statement, Prof. Balco also delivered an ad hoc session on
tax treaty network overview of Kazakhstan
after it turned out that the Kazakhstani representatives did not manage to
attend the event. The
conference was attended by tax treaty negotiators and policy makers from
Central Asian countries including Caspian as well as the world’s leading
experts and academics on this field. From the friends of CATRC – there was also Richard Krever and
Catherine Brown. Richard Krever - Professor
of Taxation at Monash University and Director of Monash University Taxation Law and
Policy Research Institute , also Richard is member of Advisory Council of CATRC. Catherine Brown is a professor at
the Faculty of Law, University
of Calgary and visiting
research follower and CATRC. Recently she had visited CATRC and gave a guest
lectures for KIMEP students during The
Permanent Establishment Colloquim. “I was happy to participate due to several reasons – the event allowed to meet some old friends, while making new friends and establish some crucial relationships that would allow us to advance our research activities in the Central Asian region,” – shares his experience Professor Balco. |