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Welcome to IFA Japanese Branch Website

Established in 1975, the Japanese branch of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) seeks to promote research on international and comparative aspects of tax law and public finance. It is an open and independent platform consisting of tax professionals in both private and public sectors. It aims to be inclusive in terms of ethnicity, creed, gender, or age. It assists the activities of IFA and holds seminars on current issues of interest on a regular basis.

Registration site of IFA/APAC 2026 Tokyo Conference is now open

Registration site of the IFA/APAC 2026 Tokyo Conference to be held at Hotel New Otani Tokyo on 11 and 12 May 2026 is now open.

For registration, please click the red button at the bottom of this flyer that says “For details, please click here” to go to the IFA/APAC 2026 Tokyo Conference registration site（https://va.apollon.nta.co.jp/ifa_apac_2026_tokyo/） and register by clicking
“Conference registration” at the “Conference registration” section.

Early bird discount rates are applied to applications made by 31 March 2026.

(6/2/2026)

Call for Branch Reporters for IFA 2027 Stockholm Congress

In order to widely seek suitable candidates for branch reporters, the IFA Japanese Branch will ask members to self-nominate or be recommended by others to serve as branch reporters after the 2015 Basel (Switzerland) Congress.

We are currently calling for self-nominations and recommendations for branch reporters for the IFA Annual General Meeting (Stockholm Congress) to be held from 19 to 23 September 2027.

The themes are:

Subject1：Tax incentives in the post BEPS era （General Reporter: Itai Grinberg （USA））
Subject2：Taxation of services in the digital era （General Reporter: Jérôme Monsenego （Sweden））　

Applications must be include: ①a letter of recommendation, ②a resume, ③a list of achievements, and ④contact forms. ②and③ may be submitted in other formats.

The deadline for submission to the Secretariat of the IFA Japanese Branch is 31 March 2026.
We look forward to receiving your application.

(2/3/2026)

IFA Japanese Branch Seminar co-organized by Japan Tax Association(JTA) and Ritsumeikan University

IFA Japanese Branch is pleased to invite you to the following event.
【Date】Wednesday, 15 April 2026, 13:30-15:30
【Venue】The Industry Club of Japan
【Theme】Tariffs and the International Tax Order
【Speaker】Professor Wolfgang Schön (Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance)
【Fee】Free
For registration please click here. Use ID and PW informed to members by our e-mail.

　(25/2/2026)

IFA/APAC 2026 Tokyo Conference

IFA/APAC 2026 Tokyo Conference will be held on Monday, 11 May 2026 and Tuesday, 12 May 2026, at the Hotel New Otani Tokyo (4-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN 　ZIP code 102-8578).

For details of the venue (location, access from Haneda Airport or Narita Airport), please click here.
From Haneda Airport, it takes about 40-50 minutes by taxi.
From Narita Airport, use Narita Express from the Narita Airport Station to Tokyo Station (about 60 minutes), then take a taxi (about 15 minutes).

Details of the the conference programme will be posted at this website later.

(27/8/2025)

Branch Reporters of IFA 2026 Melbourne Congress, Australia

Branch Reporters of IFA Japan for IFA Melbourne Congress (to be held from 18 – 22 October 2026), have been selected as follows:
　　Subject 1 “Taxation of Royalties for Use of, and Gains from the Sale of, Intellectual 　　　　　　　　Property/Intangibles”
　　　　　　　　　Mr. Tomohiko Kamiya (Keidanren, Japan Business Federation)
　　Subject 2 “Tax and The Energy Transition”
　　　　　　　　　Ms. Satoe Takahashi (Musashino University)

(13/5/2025)