Philippines Tax Revenue Chief, Kim ‘Ice Bucket’ Henares, appointed to UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters

 In BIR, United Nations

The Philippines’ Bureau of Internal Revenue chief, Kim Henares, has been appointed by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to the UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters.

Henares is one of 25 tax experts and senior tax administrators from 10 developed and 15 developing countries who have been appointed to the UN committee. The committee is responsible for exploring ways and means of facilitating the conclusion of tax treaties between developed and developing countries and for promoting international tax cooperation among tax authorities.

Henares said her appointment to the committee is an opportunity to advance the interest of developing countries in the formulation of tax treaty commentaries and recommendations to various tax issues.

Henares’ term in the UN committee began in October and will end on June 30, 2017.

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