DR Joe Huddleston, executive director for the Multistate Tax Commission in Washington, was the speaker at Chief Minister Tony Brown's fourth international lecture which took place earlier this evening.
The black tie event took place at the Mount Murray Hotel and Country Club, Santon.
The Multistate Tax Commission in Washington is a US intergovernmental state tax agency with responsibilities ranging from the development of model tax statutes and regulations to the conduct of audits on multistate/multinational corporations on behalf of its member states.
Additionally it regularly advises congressional committees and individual members of Congress on state tax impacts of Federal legislation.
Dr Huddleston has also served as a US state tax expert to the European Union, providing testimony on the CCCTB (Combined Consolidated Corporate Tax Base) for the European Commission, Taxation and Customs Union Directorate-General in Brussels, Belgium.
Chief Minister Tony Brown was in attendance at the event