Government Taxation Officials to Provide Insight on BEPS Implementation at Bloomberg BNA and Baker McKenzie Global Transfer Pricing Conference in Paris, March 27-28, 2017

ARLINGTON, Virginia and PARIS, Jan. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomberg BNA and Baker McKenzie today announced that their fifth annual Global Transfer Pricing Conference, in association with the Tax Management Education Institute, will be held March 27-28 in Paris. The conference takes place at The Westin Paris ? Vendôme and event information and registration is available at https://www.bna.com/2017-global-transfer-pricing-paris/.

The event brings together top government officials from key OECD and non OECD countries, along with leading transfer pricing experts from the business community who will wrestle with the topics creating the most uncertainty for multinational companies. 

"Transfer Pricing has never come under such scrutiny," said Bloomberg BNA Transfer Pricing Report Managing Editor Molly Moses. "Every business is keen to hear the latest on the European Union tax probes of various high-profile companies, the recent OECD guidance on both profit splits and permanent establishments, and the differences in how countries are analyzing the 'value chain.'"

"Transfer pricing risks has become the biggest concern for the corporate tax function. They can be huge monetary-wise and have impact beyond tax, for instance on the corporate image," Caroline Silberztein, Chair of Baker McKenzie Global Transfer Pricing practice added. "This year's Global Transfer Pricing Conference will offer insights and practical considerations on the biggest transfer pricing risks and challenges faced across Europe and globally, including the new transfer pricing documentation paradigm, the increased use of profit split, and the positions asserted by emerging economies."

Keynote addresses will be delivered by Pascal Saint-Amans, Director of the OECD's Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, and Gert-Jan Koopman, Deputy Director-General for State Aid at the European Commission.  Other confirmed speakers include:

• Brian Jenn, Attorney Advisor, Office of International Tax Counsel, U.S. Department of Treasury
• Edouard Marcus, Deputy Director, Ministry of Finance, France
• Michael McDonald, Financial Economist, Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Department of Treasury
• William Morris, Chairman of the OECD Business Advisory Group and Senior Tax Counsel and Global Tax Policy Director
• Timothy Power, HMRC Treasury (Policy)
• Stig Sollund, Chair of the U.N. Transfer Pricing Subcommittee
• Robert Stack, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary (International Tax Affairs), U.S. Department of Treasury
• Catherine Turk, Senior Director, Global Tax Planning, Johnson & Johnson
• Jefferson VanderWolk, Head of Tax Treaty, Transfer Pricing and Financial Transactions Division, OECD

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About Baker McKenzie
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About Tax Management Educational Institute
Tax Management Educational Institute (TMEI) is an independent educational organization founded by Tax Management, Inc., a subsidiary of The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.  TMEI is devoted solely to the conduct of responsible, professional seminars and conferences of the highest quality dedicated to issues of tax policy and practice, and to the funding of related scholarly endeavors.