What Tax Policy for Lebanon? Lessons from the Past for a Difficult Future
DATE: MONDAY 2 Nov. 2020
TIME: 4pm-5:30pm (Beirut time)
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7016037307852/WN_553QCFhQTtyeRnryTpp1mw
Speakers:
• Karim Daher, Attorney at Law, member of the UN FACTI panel, President of the Lebanese Association for Taxpayers’ Rights (ALDIC)
• Alain Bifani, former Director General of Finance, Ministry of Finance in Lebanon
• Lydia Assouad, PhD Candidate at the Paris School of Economics, research fellow at the World Inequality Lab
Moderator:
• Ishac Diwan, Professor of Economics, Paris Sciences et Lettres
Overview:
The goal of this webinar is to evaluate the Lebanese taxation system and to think of how to make it more inclusive, fair, and efficient. The discussion will focus on the recent performance of the taxation system and explore future reforms by contrasting the needs in the near future to support the stabilization and recovery phase, and in a second phase to support a new sustainable growth model anchored in both competitiveness and social justice.
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The webinar will be in English with Arabic interpretation available on Zoom only.