Archive · 16 Sep 2026
Sitharaman Urges Tax Foundation to Shape Policy and Public Discourse
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke to a group called ITRAF.
She said the group does important work about international taxes.
Its research is already read by tax professionals.
She wants policymakers and ordinary people to learn from it too.
ITRAF has members who used to lead tax departments and who teach or practice law.
The group has published seven books or volumes.
It has also worked with institutions in The Hague and London.
Sitharaman encouraged the group to share its ideas more openly.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urged ITRAF to make its expertise more visible.
She said ITRAF’s international-tax commentary should reach policymakers and the wider public.
The foundation includes former corporate tax leaders, Senior Advocates, professionals and academics.
ITRAF has produced seven volumes of published international-tax commentary over a decade.
Its conferences have involved institutions in The Hague and London.
- Who
- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the Indian Tax Research and Advisory Foundation (ITRAF).
- What
- Sitharaman urged ITRAF to make its international-tax commentary more visible in policymaking and public discourse.
- When
- Wednesday.
- Where
- The 8th International Tax Conference of ITRAF in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
- Why
- Because ITRAF’s high-quality work reaches tax professionals but should also inform policymakers and the public.
- Speaker
- Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister
- Organisation
- Indian Tax Research and Advisory Foundation (ITRAF)
- Event
- 8th International Tax Conference
- Focus
- International taxation and public policy
- Published work
- Seven volumes of commentary
- Membership
- Former chief financial officers and tax heads, Senior Advocates, leading-firm partners and academicians
- International engagement
- Conferences held with institutions in The Hague, the London School of Economics and the Chartered Institute of Taxation in London