The Accounting Department at the Faculty of Administrative and Financial Sciences at the Arab American University organized a workshop entitled "The Reality of Tax in Palestine", targeting students of the Accounting Department and a number of students in other disciplines in the Faculty.
With the presence of Dr. Salah Bani Odeh, Director of the Value Added Tax Department, Mr. Louay Abu Harb, Assistant Director of the Value Added Tax Department, Mr. Jihad Amour, Director of the Income Tax Department, Mr. Mohamed Youssef, Director of the Property Tax Department, and a number of experienced auditors.
The Participants gave an introductory overview of the role and activities of the Tax and Value Added Department, the Income Tax Department and the Property Tax Department. They discussed the mechanism of imposing taxes of all kinds, who are the ones taxed, how taxes are calculated, exemptions and deductions, in addition to other information related to different taxes.
