• Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission.

• Income and Sales Tax Department.

Jordan .. Campaigns to combat corruption, money laundering and tax evasion

Jordan besieges the tax evaders

An online application to report tax evasion is launched

A dialogue meeting between the income and sales tax and the Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission

Official statement of the law amendment for tax – March 2019

Billing affairs regulation and control system

Abolishing the liquidation system under “insolvency” violates the constitution

Income Tax law No (38) Year 2018)

Instructions for billing affairs and control

Securities Law No. (18) of 2017

The Venture Capital Companies Law No. (143) of 2018

Integrity and anti-corruption law No (13) Year (2016)

A new app has been launched by the government to report tax evasion, and investigations are being conducted to prosecute tax evaders.The Jordanian competent authorities are investigating multi-million-dinar tax evasion and money laundering cases. They carried out raids on about 700 companies, to carry out audits and audits to verify tax revenues.The latest decisions taken were precautionary seizure of funds and properties belonging to a former minister and major contracting companies, under the pretext of tax evasion.The Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission is in the process of signing a memorandum of understanding with the Income and Sales Tax Department with the aim of cooperating and setting strict procedures to prevent tax evasion and work to recover tax money through the authority and the memorandum is under procedures between the two parties.Extra evidence is available upon request.Updated: October 31, 2020

_______________________________________________________

A definition of tax evasion has been identified and put in place: “use fraudulent methods that involve fraud, deception, forgery and concealment of data, the provision of fake data or intentionally participating in any of these acts with the aim of not paying the tax or reducing it according to what is specified in the law” (law of income tax, number 34 amended to 38 – year 2018). A specific set of activities are carried out in order to identify and prosecute tax evasion: – Background check on parties involved; – If it is found that there is an illegal action, parties will be prosecuted; – If found guilty the parties will have to pay the amount of money evaded; – If this is done again, guilty parties can go to prison between 4 months and 2 years; and the amount of years in prison following that will correspond to how many times they have repeatedly committed the crime. – Code of conduct for public and private sector – Professional enablers, if found guilty, will go to prison for as many years as they repeat the offense.

Peer reviewer: 1

Updated: April 30, 2020

_______________________________________________________