The LSE Tax Hub is at the forefront of tax policy development and civil society. Our researchers do not only conduct academic research addressed to an academic audience. We engage with global and local policymakers, civil society groups and multilateral processes through tax policy papers, briefings, evidence and consultancies.
A number of the group members have recently advised or given evidence to government inquiries and calls for evidence. Eduardo Baistrocchi participated in the G20 conference that took place in 2018. He served as Chair of the panel on the Architecture of the International Tax System. Moreover, the Republic of Chile has accepted one element of the reform proposal submitted in his paper entitled The Transfer Pricing Problem: A Global Proposal for Simplification.
The LSE Tax Hub is a founding member of the Global Tax Symposia (GTS). The mission of the GTS is to become the first interdisciplinary mobile research platform on fundamental issues of international taxation. It is grounded on the belief that crossing African, American, Asian, Asian-Pacific and European perspectives is beneficial to all participants, especially in the current political and economic global context. The GTS was launched at the LSE in 2019. New GTS editions have taken place in continental Europe and Asia in 2020, 2021 and 2022. The 2023 and 2024 editions will take place in Australia and Germany, respectively. The GTS concept is a bridge between academicians and global tax policymakers. Indeed, the heads of tax areas of the EU, IMF and OECD are regular participants.
Dr Ian Roxan has participated in tax reform projects in Africa and Asia for the World Bank and the Harvard Law School International Tax Program, and has provided consulting advice on taxation to the European Commission, the European Parliament, HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs.
Dr Andy Summers is a Director of the Centre for Analysis of Taxation (CenTax), a research centre dedicated to improving public understanding of tax and helping to design a better tax system, through research that is academically rigorous and relevant to policymakers and the public. He was also a Commissioner on the UK Wealth Tax Commission.
Members of the LSE Tax Hub frequently give lectures and speeches. They have recently spoken to institutions or groups, including the G20, IFS, OECD and the UK Supreme Court.