IMF Offices in Europe, 66 avenue d’Iena, 75116 Paris, France

Ground Floor Conference Room A

Organized by the Departments of Fiscal Affairs, Monetary and Capital Markets, Research, and the Offices in Europe International Monetary Fund

The IMF's Departments of Fiscal Affairs, Monetary and Capital Markets, Research, and the Offices in Europe are organizing a high-level conference on “Financial Sector Taxation” at the IMF’s Paris Office on September 16, 2010.

As many countries in Europe are reviewing their tax treatment of financial institutions, with financial stability in mind as a major goal, and several are already embarked on major reforms in this area, the IMF is hosting a one-day seminar on this topic at its Paris office, on September 16, 2010. The aim of this conference is to promote a sharing of experiences and the conclusions from the existing analyses of these issues. The conference will draw on the Fund’s recent report to the G-20, but its primary objective is to bring together officials from more than thirty European countries, academics, and financial sector representatives, in order to learn from their practical experiences and research. The seminar will also touch on the potential reform of existing tax instruments, notably in relation to interest deductibility and the VAT treatment of financial services.

The event is by invitation only