Global Tax Explorer
Why Subscribe to Global Tax Explorer?

Global Tax Explorer seamlessly links the world’s most extensive and accurate source of tax treaties with regularly updated country information in different levels of depth.

Tax professionals need timely and accurate information and, therefore, require a premier research platform.

Subscribers can seamlessly explore:

  • Global Tax Surveys including country key features and withholding rates tables – Currently includes overviews of tax systems in more than 180 countries, and is continuously expanded. This unique online service is designed to enable complete cross referencing within the chapters on individual and corporate country tax law. Includes a country comparison tool for key features.
  • Tax Treaty Case Law – Allows direct access to worldwide court decisions and case summaries, and is a unique and practical tool for resolving issues regarding the interpretation and application of tax treaties.
  • Tax Treaties Database – The world’s most extensive and accurate source of tax treaties. Provides you with the latest official texts from the global tax treaty network, and complete domestic and cross-border rates on dividends, royalties and interest. Packed with more than 6,700 tax and social security treaty documents including protocols, supplementary agreements and exchanges of notes to these treaties.
  • Tax News Service (TNS) – Correspondents from all over the world keep you up-to-date with the latest international tax news and background information and an email service keeps you informed on a daily basis.
  • IBFD International Tax Glossary – This comprehensive glossary contains more than 2,000 descriptions of tax terms, clearly and concisely defined in English.

Global Tax Explorer now also includes special discounts on selected products and services from IBFD.

  • 10% discount on book orders (excluding subscriptions)
  • 20% discount on all International Tax Academy (ITA) courses.
  • 10% discount on the hourly rate for information services provided by IBFD's research staff.
  • 10% discount on the fees for information services of IBFD's Library and Information Centre.


Do you currently subscribe to one or more of the above products? If so, learn more about the benefits of upgrading to Global Tax Explorer.

Countries covered in Global Tax Surveys

Global Tax Surveys covers over 180 jurisdictions.

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