Capitol Hill Briefing 

# The BEPS Project: The OECD, Tax Policy, and U.S Competitiveness 

##### Watch the Event 

Download:

[ 

Video 

](https://fastly-unsigned-us-east-1-prod.brightcovecdn.com/media/v1/pmp4/static/clear/6039378657001/bbbc25b2-8549-42c8-94d1-03467e12512d/8e0bd23f-2b85-4fa8-905e-06023fa520cd/main.mp4) 

[ 

Video 

](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/chb-07-17-15.mp4) 

[ 

Audio 

](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2015/chba-07-17-15.mp3) 

Join the conversation on X using [\#CatoEvents](https://x.com/hashtag/CatoEvents). Follow [@CatoInstitute](https://x.com/catoinstitute) on X to get future event updates, live streams, and videos from the Cato Institute.

Date and Time 

July 17, 2015 12 - 1 PM EDT 

Location 

B-338 Rayburn House Office Building 

Share This Event 

##### Featuring 

Featuring **David R. Burton**, Senior Fellow in Economic Policy, Heritage Foundation; **Brian Garst**, Director, Policy and Communications, Center for Freedom and Prosperity; and **Gavin Ekins**, Research Economist, Tax Foundation; moderated by **Daniel J. Mitchell**, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute. 

Dominated by Europe’s welfare states, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has been pushing policies to enable higher taxes and bigger government. The latest example is a base erosion and profit-shifting (BEPS) initiative that would raise business tax burdens and undermine the competitiveness of American firms operating in global markets. An expert panel will explain the new OECD scheme and outline a better policy approach.

[![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) 
This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).