The International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC) serves as a clearinghouse for information on best practices in taxation and investment policy, and as a training center to transfer such know how to improve the investment climate of transition and developing countries, thereby spurring formation and development of business and economic prosperity.

Organized in 1993, ITIC is an independent nonprofit research and education foundation with offices in Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Philippines, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States.

ITIC spreads knowledge of taxation and investment to nations around the world. We serve as a neutral forum for discussion and resolution of problems in tax and investment policy – a place where governments can go for technically sound, objective, field-tested advice. ITIC builds bridges from the West to the East and from the private to the public sector. We help nations with statutory language and accounting expertise, but also with a more important objective: adopting policies that encourage the formation of legal, taxpaying businesses. Through its forums, "hands-on" working sessions, and special relationships with tax officials, lawmakers, academic experts, industry experts and professionals, ITIC brings together stakeholders in the tax systems of its focus countries to address a range of issues and problems.

" (Your work helps us) to define problems and lay out ways of further perfecting tax legislation and establishing a favorable investment climate in our country. "

His Excellency Nursultan Nazarbayev
President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

" ITIC has built an independent bridge opening communication and better understanding between investors and Government officials. "

Peter Seka
General Counsel, Tax & Benefits, MARS, Inc.