Written question asked by Gavin Shuker (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 June 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 June 2015 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 15 June 2015. A substantive answer was provided by Justine Greening (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 June 2015 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

International Conference on Financing for Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the Government will support at the UN Financing for Development conference the creation of a new international tax body under the auspices of the UN.

Answer: The UK is helping developing world countries collect more tax, for example through DFID-funded HMRC teams working in Pakistan and several other countries, and we are ensuring developing countries are participating in international processes, for example they are directly involved in the G20/OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) process and efforts by international organisations to produce practical toolkits to help developing countries implement new BEPS standards. We will continue to champion these and other important efforts to reform domestic and international tax systems at the UN Financing for Development conference.

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