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International Taxation
Nomination Period: Opening November 2, 2026
The Tax Analysts Award of Distinction in International Taxation honors individuals, teams, and organizations whose work has made a significant, innovative, and lasting impact on tax law, policy, administration, or public understanding around the globe and across borders.
Why International Tax Matters
Taxation is central to how nations govern, cooperate, compete, and deliver for the public. Around the world, tax systems are being shaped by cross-border rules, treaties, transfer pricing standards, multilateral coordination, and the evolving work of tax administrations. At the same time, domestic tax reforms in jurisdictions outside the United States are redefining how governments raise revenue, administer the law, promote compliance, and respond to economic change.
The professionals who advance this work play an essential role in strengthening tax systems and shaping the future of tax policy. Their contributions may come through treaty negotiation, dispute resolution, legislative or regulatory design, tax administration, litigation, scholarship, journalism, or public engagement. Whether their work reaches across borders or transforms tax law and administration within a single non-U.S. jurisdiction, its impact can be profound and enduring.
The Tax Analysts Award of Distinction in International Taxation honors individuals, teams, and organizations whose work has advanced international, cross-border, or non-U.S. domestic taxation in meaningful ways. This category recognizes contributions that promote transparency, improve administration, inform public debate, and leave a lasting mark on tax law, policy, or practice worldwide.
What This Category Recognizes
This award recognizes a specific contribution, initiative, or body of work that has meaningfully shaped international, cross-border, or non-U.S. domestic taxation. Honored work may include achievements in treaty policy, transfer pricing, tax administration, dispute resolution, legislative or regulatory design, scholarship, journalism, or public engagement.
The award is not intended as a lifetime achievement honor. It recognizes work with a demonstrated and current impact on tax law, policy, administration, practice, or public understanding.
This category is open to individuals, teams of up to five members, and organizations whose contributions have advanced taxation beyond the U.S. federal or state context, whether by influencing tax systems across borders or by shaping domestic tax law and administration in jurisdictions outside the United States.
Language Requirements
Nomination forms must be completed in English. Supporting documents may be submitted in their original language.
For full eligibility standards and qualification criteria, please review the About the Award page.
Recognition and Presentation
The recipient is formally recognized at a public award presentation and invited to deliver remarks as part of the ceremony. The award presentation is held in conjunction with Tax Analysts' hosted dinner during the ABA/IBA U.S. and Europe Tax Practice Trends conference.
Submit a Nomination
To submit a nomination for the International Taxation category, access the awards platform . For guidance on preparing a submission, consult the Frequently Asked Questions.
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