The BRICS Heads of Tax Authorities Meeting was held in New Delhi on 23 September 2026, as the culmination of India’s BRICS Chairship of the tax cooperation track.
The meeting was inaugurated by Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Union Minister of Finance & Corporate affairs of India, and was also addressed by the Hon’ble Minister of State for Finance, Shri Pankaj Chaudhary, and the Revenue Secretary, Shri Arvind Shrivastava. The meeting was attended by Shri Ravi Agrawal, Chairman, CBDT, Shri Prasenjit Singh, Member (Legislation), CBDT, other Members of CBDT, and senior officers of the Department of Revenue (DoR).
Inaugurating the meeting, the Hon’ble Finance Minister of India, highlighted technology, administration and people as the three recurring themes of BRICS tax cooperation during India’s Chairship.
The meeting formally adopted several key outcomes, including the establishment of two new Working Groups on International Taxation and Transfer Pricing, and Revenue Statistics, the decision for India to host the BRICS Young Tax Professionals Capacity Building Programme annually and the formal launch of the BRICS Tax Cross-Learning Lab. The Terms of Reference of the BRICS Tax Support Network was also approved.
The meeting concluded with the signing of the BRICS Tax Progress Report 2026, documenting the outcomes of India’s Chairship of the BRICS Tax Cooperation track. China was welcomed as the incoming Chair of the BRICS tax cooperation track for 2027, as BRICS members reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening tax cooperation, knowledge sharing and capacity building.