'This book gives a vivid picture of the negotiations that will be of interest to those having a wider interest in international taxation. It should be compulsory reading for those developing policy in this field. It is, unusually, a tax book that will never become out of date.' John Avery Jones, British Tax Review
Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Background; 3. Personality, politics and principles: the drafting of the 1925 Resolutions on Double Taxation; 4. The ICC and the development of the 1928 Models; 5. Turning resolutions into treaties – the drafting of the first Model Convention on Double Taxation; 6. The 'great powers' and the development of the 1928 Models; 7. One beget three – the drafting of the 1928 Model Tax Treaties on Double Income Taxation; 8. Lessons from history – where to from here?; Appendix 1. Timeline/cast of characters; Appendix 2. 1925 Report Final Resolutions; Appendix 3. 1921 ICC Resolutions; Appendix 4. 1922 ICC Resolutions; Appendix 5. 1923 ICC Resolutions; Appendix 6. 1924 ICC Resolutions; Appendix 7. 1925 ICC Resolutions; Appendix 8. 1927 ICC Resolutions; Appendix 9. 1927 Draft Model Convention; Appendix 10. 1925 UK Finance Act; Appendix 11. Thompson Art 10 Proposal; Appendix 12. USSR Art 5 Proposal; Appendix 13. USSR Art 10 and 11 Proposals; Appendix 14. Dorn and Borduge Draft Convention; Appendix 15. Thompson Draft Convention; Appendix 16. Adams Draft Convention; Appendix 17. Draft Convention IA; Appendix 18. Draft Convention IB; Appendix 19. Draft Convention IB Commentary; Appendix 20. Draft Convention IC; Appendix 21. Draft Convention IC Commentary; Bibliography; Index.