Archives ▶ 2020
- Japanese Reporter of 2022 Cancun, Mexico
The Japanese Branch Reporters for the Cancun Congress which will be held in September 10-15, 2022, have been selected.
Subject 1:Sharing and Shifting Losses – The “New” Profit Shifting?
(Branch Reporter: Koichiro, Yoshimura)
Subject 2:Good faith in domestic and international tax law
(Branch Reporter: Yoshinori, Ikeda) (2020/9/18)
- New schedule IFA Canun Congress and Future Congress
Due to the Covid-19 situation the 2020 Cancun Congress had to be postponed
to 10-15 September 2022.
But, the Cahier will be published and distributed this year and the 2021 Berlin
Congress will remain to be held in 2021.
Further, future IFA congress will be held one year later than originally planned.
For more informatinos, please check the news.
(2020/5/12)
- Future activities of IFA Japanese Branch under the COVID-19
1. This year, branch general meeting is cancelled.
2. In August, progress report meetings of Berlin Congress will be held via Zoom(Webinar).
(We'll get back to you with more details.)
3. After September, some seminars will be held on the theme of "International taxation after COVID-19" via Zoom(Webinar).
4.The Asia-Pacific Conference, which will be held in Tokyo, is scheduled to be held in April or May 2022.
(2020/6/3)
- IFA Indonesia International Tax Seminar (Webinar) 2020
The event will feature leading tax experts across the globe and honorable guests from tax authorities.
【Date】9 December 2020(Keynote Speech、Session1・2)、15:30－19:00(JST)
16 December 2020(Session3・Panel discussion)、16:00－19:00(JST)
【Venue】Online
【Topics】Keynote speech：John Hutagaol and Pascal Saint-Amans
Session1：Taxation issues in the context of the Digital Economy - recent international tax developments and lesson learned from Asian Countries
(Miranda Stewart, Kuntal Dave, Bruno da Silva, and Arnaldo Purba)
Session2：Current Development in Transfer Pricing - Challenges on the application of Arm's Length principle due to COVID-19
( Permana Adi, Balim Boerman, Dwi Astuti, Neha Shah)
Session3：Recent International Tax Updates on impact of Multilateral Instrument Implementation to the Tax Treaty and Tax Treaty dispute resolution.
(Hans Mooij, Sandra Knaepen, P. Putu Oka Kusumawardani)
Panel discussion：recent international tax developments and its implementation in Indonesia
(Ay Tjhing Phan, Cindy Sukiman, Dries Schilderman, Mohamad Hendriana, Andrew Auerbach)
The Seminar is free of registration fees for all IFA Members. If you are interested, please register here.
(2020/12/01)
- IFA Korea Webinar
IFA Korea Webinar will be held on 26-27 November 2020. There is no time difference between Japan and Korea.
【Date】 26 November 2020 (14:00~18:00), 27 November 2020 (14:30-16:30)
【Theme】Korean Government's 2020 Tax Reform Package
International Tax Case Law Update
Recent Trends in Korean Tax & Customs Audits
Transfer Pricing Developments
Recent Developments of Digital Tax Rules in the World Including OECD
Unified Approach
Outbound Tax Planning
【Venue】 Online
【Language】1st day: English Only, 2nd day: Korean Only
(2020/11/17)
- IFA Japanese Branch Online Meeting
IFA Japanese Branch Online Meeting will be held on 23 December 2020.
【Date】23 December 2020, 15:00~16:30
【Venue】Zoom(Meeting)
【Theme】Digital Taxation
【Speaker】Watanabe Tetsuya, the professor of Waseda University.
Please click here for registration.
(2020/10/13)
- IFA Virtual Programme 2020 (IFA Members only)
Instead of the IFA Cancun Congress, IFA Virtual Programme(Webinar) will be held from 16-25 November 2020. The sessions will include the following. Please note that there is an 8 hour time difference.
【Programme】
Subject1: Reconstructing the treaty network
Subject2: Exchange of information: issues, use and collaboration
IFA/OECD
IFA/EU
Recent develoopments in international taxation
YIN Seminar
WIN Seminar: actual implementation of measures to tax digital economy
【Venue】 Online
IFA members can register through My IFA and select My events. Corporate members may register more than one member from their firm. More information, please click here.
Please contact the IFA General Secretariat in case you experience any problems with your registration.
(2020/10/2)
- Inviation to WIN(Woman of IFA Network) Asia-Pacific Seminar (Webinar)
WIN Asia-Pacific Seminar(Webinar) will take place on 27 October 2020. Please note that there is an hour time difference between Japan and Singapore.
【Date】27 October 2020, 16:00~17:30 (JST)
【Venue】 Zoom(Webinar)
【Theme】COVID-19 Tax Measures, International Tax Issues, and Responses in the Asia Pacific Region
【Moderator】Ms.Miranda Stewart and Ms.Lim Cher Hui
【Panelist】 Ms.Eui Young Lee, Ms. Rachel Saw, Ms. Emma Grigg and Ms. Patricia Hart
If you are interested, please register the event(click here).
(2020/10/20)
- Invitation to IFA Malaysia Webinar
IFA Malaysia will be hosting a webinar this Thursday on 8 October 2020. The webinar will focus on the recently proposed Article 12B of the UN Model Double Taxation Convention.
They are honoured to have Mr. Carlos Protto and Mr. Rajat Bansal, members of the UN Tax Committee and the drafters of Article 12B, to share with us the objectives and policy thinking behind Article 12B in the key presentation, and a distinguished panel of speakers from OECD, EY and Netflix who will share their thoughts and analyses of its potential impact from the perspectives of policy, business and tax practice.
Please note that there is an hour time difference between Japan and Malaysia.
【Themes】UN's Article 12B on Automated Digital Services: A Step Forward or Sideways?
【Date】 8 October 2020
【Venue】 Webinar
【TIme】 17:00~18:10 (JST)
If you are interested, please register here.
(2020/10/6)
- IFA Japanese Branch Online Meeting
IFA Japanese Branch Online Meeting will be held on September 18.
This event replaces the one scheduled for the General Meeting on March.
【Date】September 18, 15:00~17:00
【Venue】Zoom(Webinar)
【Theme】The Trend of International Taxation
- "East India Company", "Conflict of Civilization", "After COVID-19"
Shigeki, Minami (former Chair of Asia-Pacific Region Meeting)
Please click here for registration.
(2020/8/18)
- The 72nd Soken Taikai
The 72nd Soken Taikai will be held on 16-17 September.
Its programmes are as follows (JTA HP). If you are interested, please apply.
(2020/8/19)
- 2020 Cahiers available online
The 2020 Cahiers are available online and distributed free to all members.
Members of IFA will receive the printed publication which has been reduced to the General reports of both Subject1 and Subject2, together with the summary and conclusions of all branch reports.
Online Cahiers(full ver.) can be downloaded in PDF(IFA member only).
The full printed publication can be ordered in the IFA Shop. IFA members benefit from a 40% discount.
(2020/7/7)
- IFA Cancun Congress will not take place due to COVID-19(this year)
Due to the current global situation with COVID-19, the 2020 Cancun Congress
which was to be held in October will not take place.
For more informations, please check the special message.
(2020/4/7)
- IFA Competitions
Due to the COVID-19, the submission date for the IFA competitions are
postponed to 31 May 2020(except for Poster Programme).
1. As you know IFA has instituted the Mitchell B. Carroll Prize in order to
encourage scientific work. This Prize is awarded for a work dealing with
international fiscal questions, comparative fiscal law or local fiscal law with the
emphasis on the relationships with the fiscal law of foreign jurisdictions.
Competition for the Prize is open to lawyers, accountants and economists.
【the Mitchell B. Carroll Prize】
2. In 2010 IFA launched the Maurice Laure Prize. IFA has instituted this Prize
in order to encourage scientific work on international indirect taxation.
The Prize is named in honour of Maurice Laure, who was instrumental in the first
implementation of the Value Added Tax system in France, now applied in more
than 160 jurisdictions.
【the Maurice Laure Prize】
3. Further, IFA has initiated a so-called “Poster Programme” to attract young
students to international taxation.
The programme is open to a maximum of ten students graduating in
international taxation who are writing a thesis on a purely theoretical or
more practical subject.
【Poster Programme】
4. In 2014 IFA launched the IFA President YIN Scientific Award. This award
shall be awarded for an article published in a qualified medium, furthering the
understanding of international fiscal law or comparative tax law, providing
practical solutions to problems arising in cross-border transactions or situations.
【the IFA President YIN Scientific Award】
(2020/3/30)
- Postponement of All Regional Tax Conference 2020
The All IFA Regional conferences have been postponed to the Spring of 2021
(IFA Calendar).
The IFA Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Hong Kong will be postponed to
27-29 April 2021. The programme and venue will remain the same.
【Programme】
The Central theme:The Future of Tax in the Asia Pacific Region
Plenary1:Tax Morale in the Asia Pacific Region
Plenary2:Environmental Taxes in the Asia Pacific Region:Do They Exist?
Plenary3:Pillar2:The Remaining BEPS Issues:The End of Profit Shifting! Or Not?
Plenary4:The Future of The Tax Profession: Is This an Inflection Point?
and Workshops
【Venue】
The Ocean Park Marriott Hotel
For more information, we shall keep you in due course.
(2020/3/31)
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Postponement of IFA Japanese Branch General Meeting
Branch General Meeting has been postponed due to the COVID-19(Coronavirus).
The date of the meeting hasn't been decided yet.
We shall keep you in due course.
(2020/3/3)