The United Nations in Global Tax Coordination

"The United Nations in Global Tax Coordination fills the decade-long knowledge gap in international tax history concerning the UN Fiscal Commission that functioned as the overarching fiscal authority in the early years of the post-World War II economic order. With insights from political economy and international relations scholarship, this critical archival examination presents the story of tenacious activism by post-colonial developing countries to preserve source taxation rights and by the UN Secretariat in championing the development of equitable tax rules - activism that would lead developed countries to oust the UN as a forum for international tax norm setting. The book includes a revealing prehistory of the wartime work of the League of Nation's Princeton Mission that questions the legitimacy of the Mexico Model, the first model tax convention between developed and developing countries. This expertly researched work offers new knowledge that is essential reading on the roles of politics, states, secretariats, and private actors in directing global tax coordination. Nikki Jern-li Teo is a post-doctoral research affiliate at the University of Sydney"--