The James Hausman Tax Law Policy and Workshop
Presents:
Rita de la Feria – University of Leeds School of Law
Tax Fraud and Selective Law Enforcement
Wednesday November 20, 2019
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Flavelle, 78 Queen's Park
John Willis Classroom (FL219)
Rita De La Feria joined the School of Law at the University of Leeds in January 2016 as Chair in Tax Law. Rita is an International Research Fellow at the Centre for Business Taxation, Oxford University (2012-), and Visiting Professor at the University of Lisbon (2010-). She received her law degree from the University of Lisbon, and a PhD from the University of Dublin, Trinity College, after a short career in practice, working in the Lisbon and Dublin offices of Arthur Andersen. Prior to joining the University of Leeds, she was the Chair in Tax Law at Durham University (2012-2015), Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University (2007-2012); and had previously held lecturing positions at both Trinity College, Dublin and Queen’s University Belfast. Her research on tax law and on tax avoidance is regularly cited by courts across Europe, including the EU Court of Justice and various European Supreme Courts, and has supported various policy documents emerging from the EU institutions, the IMF, the IDB, and as well as from various national Governments around the world. She was Tax Policy and Legal Adviser to the Portuguese Government (2011-2012), and to the Government of Timor-Leste (2015-2016). Under the auspices of the IMF, she has also provided tax policy and legal drafting advice to the Governments of Sao Tome and Principe, Angola, and Turkey.
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