International Tax Review publishes an annual list of what it considers to be the top 50 most influential people and organisations in global tax. For 2012, we have also ranked the top 10 in order for the first time.
This adds an extra dimension to the list, comparing the roles of government officials, taxpayers and their CEOs, international organisations and pressure groups.
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Pascal Saint-Amans
Director, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration
The OECD's head of tax, Pascal Saint-Amans, is arguably the most important person in international tax today.
Algirdas Semeta
European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud
The European Commission is still pushing forward with tax policy and Algirdas Semeta, the tax commissioner and former Lithuanian Finance Minister has a reputation as an ambitious reformer.
TEI's Global Tax Advocacy Taskforce
Vince Alicandri, Janice Lucchesi, joint-chairs
The Tax Executives’ Institute is the only global organisation to solely represent taxpayers’ views as its purpose.
PACE Coalition
Promote America’s Competitive Edge (PACE) Coalition is making waves by advocating that the US maintain a level playing field for taxation of international operations.
Palaniappan Chidambaram
Minister of Finance, India
Chidambaram took over from Pranab Mukherjee as finance minister in July, he was no stranger to the position, having previously served in the role on two separate occasions.
Michael Plowgian
Attorney Advisor, US Department of the Treasury
Michael Plowgian is the principal draftsman for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which is arguable the biggest story in international tax of the last 12 months.
Occupy and UK Uncut
Social movements
Occupy London Stock Exchange and UK Uncut represent how corporate tax moved from a solely-boardroom issue to a public concern.
Will Morris
Will Morris has a lot on his plate. The global tax policy director for GE also chairs the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) tax committee, the AmCham EU Tax Task Force, the European Tax Policy Forum and has just accepted the role of chairman of BIAC’s (Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD) tax and fiscal policy committee, taking over from Chris Lenon.
Oupa Magashula
Chairman of the African Tax Administration Forum
Oupa Magashula is leading the way in enhancing tax administration across sub-Saharan Africa.
Sir Andrew Witty
Chief Executive Officer, GSK
Sir Andrew Witty, the CEO of pharmaceuticals company, GSK, has been one of the few corporate leaders to address publicly issues about how multinationals manage their tax affairs.
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