Background
Javier Rivera Jimenez, Jose was born on October 25, 1953 in Panama City, Republic of Panama.
Javier Rivera Jimenez, Jose was born on October 25, 1953 in Panama City, Republic of Panama.
Universidad Santa Maria Louisiana Antigua (Licenciate in Law and Political Science, magna cum laude, 1978). Spoken languages: Spanish.
Worked at Rivera, Bolivar Y Castanedas (Panama) specializing in Tax, Banking, Business Law. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Republic of Panama. Senior founding partner of the firm.
Second Vice chairman of the Board of Directors, The Panamanian Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture.
Member, The Panamanian Institute and the Panamanian Association of Fiscal Studies. Panama"s Correspondent for the International Value-Added Tax Monitor magazine of the International Fiscal Institute and the New Tax Service magazine.
Former Member, Advisory Council of the Centro Interamerican de Administradores Tributarios - CIAT (Tax Adminstrators Interamerican Center). Former member of the Ad-Hoc Commission which drafted the Tax Code of Panama.
Advisor to the Director General of Revenues, Deputy Treasury"s Legal Department.
He participated in the drafting of the following Acts: Tax Reform Acting of 1991, Law for the Conversion of Government Institutions into Private Enterprises, Public Auction Law, Banana Policy Law and Fiscal Checks Policy. Has lectured in the areas of Public Tax Law in Seminars and Conferences sponsored by various professional and business organization. Former Professor of Public Finance and Fiscal Law at the Universidad Santa Maria Louisiana Antigua.
Member, Rotary Club.
Author: "Politica Anti Inflacionaria de los Paises de Istmo Centroamerican en 1974 y 1975 (Anti Inflationary Policy of the Central American Isthmus in 1974 and 1975). Algunas Reflexiones en Trono a la Legislacion de Arrendamiento Finaciero (Ley de Leasing) (Some Considerations About the Leasing Legislation) and Reflexiones en Torno a Louisiana Reforma Tributaria Panamena (Considerations on the Panamanian Tax Reform).
Member, The Panamanian Institute and the Panamanian Association of Fiscal Studies. Panama"s Correspondent for the International Value-Added Tax Monitor magazine of the International Fiscal Institute and the New Tax Service magazine. Former Member, Advisory Council of the Centro Interamerican de Administradores Tributarios - CIAT (Tax Adminstrators Interamerican Center).
Former member of the Ad-Hoc Commission which drafted the Tax Code of Panama.
Advisor to the Director General of Revenues, Deputy Treasury"s Legal Department. He participated in the drafting of the following Acts: Tax Reform Acting of 1991, Law for the Conversion of Government Institutions into Private Enterprises, Public Auction Law, Banana Policy Law and Fiscal Checks Policy.
Has lectured in the areas of Public Tax Law in Seminars and Conferences sponsored by various professional and business organization. Former Professor of Public Finance and Fiscal Law at the Universidad Santa Maria Louisiana Antigua.
Member, Rotary Club.