Tax Administration Course - 2005

Background

Improving tax collection and administration, based in part on a modernized tax system, is critical for sustainable economic growth and the provision of key government services through establishing sound fiscal practices. For many developing countries, a stable and transparent tax revenue system for public expenditures has become more important to underpin growth and stability. Under decentralization, the capacity of local governments to raise revenue and administer national taxation policies has also become important.

Topics of the course will cover:

• tax audit,
• value added tax (VAT),
• taxpayers' service,
• taxation on e-commerce,
• taxation in the informal sector,
• forensic accounting, and
• access to bank information.

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Objectives

• To provide tax policy makers and administrators the knowledge and administrative techniques to modernize their tax systems
• To share experiences among tax administrators in Asia and the Pacific

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Outputs

• 30-40 trained government officials responsible for tax administration, tax audit, taxpayers' service, and VAT
• Knowledge network among the participants to share experiences in tax administration
• Summary of proceedings
• CD-ROM to disseminate the outputs of the course

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Participants

• Middle- to 30-40 trained government officials responsible for tax administration, tax audit, taxpayers' service, and VAT
• Knowledge network among the participants to share experiences in tax administration
• Summary of proceedings
• CD-ROM to disseminate the outputs of the course

Senior-level government officials in the developing member countries who are directly involved in managing general tax administration, supervising and monitoring tax audit performance, supervising the improvement of taxpayer services, policy making for the introduction of VAT, and managing and developing human resources for tax administration

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Language

English (No interpretation will be provided)

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Responsibilities

Each participant will be required to submit a country report. In addition, participants will make group presentations based on the discussions during the course.

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Cosponsors

Cosponsors are the Malaysia Tax Academy, National Tax Agency of Japan, and the Study Group on Asian Tax Administration and Research.