PRETORIA – Nana Akua Mensah, Tax Policy Advisor from the Ghana Revenue Authority, said her new role at the United Nations (UN) Tax Committee means it will give voice to the perspective of African women on tax and its implications on gender.
The UN tax committee has a new leadership team of 25 experts from countries including Argentina, India, Nigeria, Canada, and Germany.
The committee, formally known as the UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters, guides countries' efforts to advance stronger and more forward-looking tax policies adapted to the realities of globalised trade and investment, an increasingly digitalised economy and worsening environmental degradation.
The committee assists countries in their efforts to prevent double or multiple taxation as well as non-taxation, broaden their tax base, strengthen their tax administrations, and curb international tax evasion and avoidance.
The UN chose a distinguished group of experts from around the world as members of the tax committee. What does it mean for Africa?
“The UN Tax Committee is essential in that it brings together experts from varied jurisdictions with a wide array of socio-economic cultures and tax regimes.