Newsletter eCIAT ISSN 1684-9833 • Year 2 / No.3 /August 12, 2011 The Executive Secretariat Informs Landmark reached as first General Assembly of the ATAF African revenue authorities gather in Balaclava, Mauritius for the inaugural meeting of the ATAF General Assembly on 25 – 27 July. This marks a significant landmark for ATAF which was launched in Kampala, Uganda in 2009. It has been hailed as one of the more significant developments in Africa in recent times. The meeting of ATAF´s first General Assembly will see the convergence of its 34 members states, development partners, international organizations, academics and business. The seminar part of the event will have speakers and panels on a range of topics relating to tax evasion and avoidance. It will look at different approaches to tax audits, enforcement and compliance. The administrative session will receive the ATAF annual report and Council report of ATAF activities for 2011. Working to establish ATAF and a functioning organization has been hard work, but very exciting, says ATAF Acting Executive Secretary Logan Wort. We are grateful for the tremendous leadership and support from the ATAF Council. The responsiveness of ATAF members has meant that ATAF could grow and offer good value to its members already in its first year of existence. At this first General Assembly, we hope to report to members the progress we have made in establishing ATAF and get further guidance on how to improve the role ATAF should play in building strong and capable revenue authorities in Africa. African revenue authorities have over the past year been working together to lay the foundation for better revenue administration on the continent and the first General Assembly will provide further impetus, he added. The Executive Secretariat Informs Landmark reached as first General Assembly of the ATAF Winning Entries of the XXIII CIAT / AEAT / IEF Essay Contest are Selected Seminar on Electronic Invoicing in Latin America The Tax Administrations Inform Argentina - Highlights Of the Tax Collection in July 2011 Bolivia - The National Tax Service (SIN in Spanish) strengthens its Web platform Costa Rica - Placement Of Public Debt In First Half Of The Year Costa Rica: Tax lottery will reward purchases with debit and credit cards Jamaica - Tax Administration Jamaica implements Revenue Enhancement & Arrears Project (REAP) Paraguay - The Ministry of Finance establishes 2 modern tax offices ¡Were you aware that! Posts of the Month Other Documents ¿Really? Rules Fourth CIAT Contest on Innovation in the Tax Administrations Official Picture of the First General Assembly of ATAF
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ISSN 1684-9833 • Year 2 / No.3 /August 12, 2011
The Executive Secretariat Informs
Landmark reached as first General Assembly of the ATAF
African revenue authorities gather in Balaclava, Mauritius for the inaugural meeting of the ATAF General Assembly on 25 – 27 July.
This marks a significant landmark for ATAF which was launched in Kampala, Uganda in 2009. It has been hailed as one of the more significant developments in Africa in recent times.
The meeting of ATAF´s first General Assembly will see the convergence of its 34 members states, development partners, international organizations, academics and business.
The seminar part of the event will have speakers and panels on a range of topics relating to tax evasion and avoidance. It will look at different approaches to tax audits, enforcement and compliance. The administrative session will receive the ATAF annual report and Council report of ATAF activities for 2011.
Working to establish ATAF and a functioning organization has been hard work, but very exciting, says ATAF Acting Executive Secretary Logan Wort. We are grateful for the tremendous leadership and support from the ATAF Council. The responsiveness of ATAF members has meant that ATAF could grow and offer good value to its members already in its first year of existence.
At this first General Assembly, we hope to report to members the progress we have made in establishing ATAF and get further guidance on how to improve the role ATAF should play in building strong and capable revenue authorities in Africa.
African revenue authorities have over the past year been working together to lay the foundation for better revenue administration on the continent and the first General Assembly will provide further impetus, he added.
The Executive Secretariat Informs
Landmark reached as first General Assembly of the ATAF
Winning Entries of the XXIII CIAT / AEAT / IEF Essay Contest are Selected
Seminar on Electronic Invoicing in Latin America
The Tax Administrations Inform
Argentina - Highlights Of the Tax Collection in July 2011
Bolivia - The National Tax Service (SIN in Spanish) strengthens its Web platform
Costa Rica - Placement Of Public Debt In First Half Of The Year
Costa Rica: Tax lottery will reward purchases with debit and credit cards
Paraguay - The Ministry of Finance establishes 2 modern tax offices
¡Were you aware that!
Posts of the Month
Other Documents
¿Really?
RulesFourth CIAT Contest on
Innovation in the Tax Administrations
Official Picture of the First General Assembly of ATAF
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Winning Entries of the XXIII CIAT / AEAT / IEF Essay Contest are Selected
Following a detailed analysis and examination of entries, in keeping with the conditions provided in the Rules of the Contest, the jury formed by officials from the State Agency of Tax Administration and the Institute of Fiscal Studies of Spain as well as from the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations selected the winners of the XXIII Essay Contest.
The winners of the first and second prize and the special mention were chosen from a total of 12 entries received from seven countries. Their names, titles of their positions as well as the tax administration were they work appear in the Resolution issued today.
Once again the officials from the CIAT member country tax administrations have shown their interest, commitment and capability for doing research work in taxation issues.
Seminar on Electronic Invoicing in Latin America
National Superintendence of Tax Administration - SUNAT and the Inter-American Centre of Tax Administrations - (CIAT) have conducted at the headquarters of the Institute of Tax and Customs Administration in Chucuito, Callao, a seminar on Electronic invoicing, in which were presented various experiences of implementation of electronic invoicing systems in Latin America.
The event counted with the participation of specialists in the field from Brazil, Chile, Mexico and the Executive Secretariat of the CIAT. Among the participants, in addition to the staff of the SUNAT, officials of the tax administrations of Bolivia, Honduras and Uruguay were attending.
Participants expressed a high interest in the subject and hope to implement the concepts and good practices of electronic invoicing development in the near future.
Tax Administration ReviewCIAT/AEAT/IEF N° 32
Pictured are the speakers of the Seminar on Electronic Invoicing in Latin America from left to right: :César Luis Perales Telles, Mexico; Gisella Cuentas Pardo, Peru; Raúl Zambrano, CIAT; Cristian Paz Guzmán, Chile; Newton Oller de Mello, Brasil; Eudaldo Almeida de Jesús, Brasil; y MarceloLuis Alves Fernandez, Brasil.
Argentina - Highlights Of the Tax Collection in July 2011
The tax collection in July 2011 totaled 47.85 billion pesos, representing an increase of 28% over the same month of last year.
In U.S. dollars, revenues grew by 22.3%, reaching U.S. $ 11.59 billion. The figure is 8.4 times higher than the US $ amount raised in July 2002 when it totaled U.S. $ 1.38 billion.
In the 90’s the highest tax collection occurred in July 1998 when it reached U.S. $ 4.39 billion.
Carlos Alberto SánchezCorrespondent
Bolivia - The National Tax Service (SIN in Spanish) strengthens its Web platform
In order to facilitate tax compliance, the National Tax Service (SIN) has renewed its website www.impuestos.gob.bo which from now on presents a new design and more operational features.
Providing more and better information to taxpayers and facilitating access to different tools are features embedded in the new Information and Communication Technologies in tax related issues.
Sonia Alarcón de TapiaCorrespondent
Costa Rica - Placement Of Public Debt In First Half Of The Year
The placements public debts were adjusted to the plan announced at the beginning of the year, with 83% of them in medium term and long term titles.
The placements of debt securities in the domestic market completed by the Government during the first half year, reached ¢ 960 billion, only 2% less than the amount projected by the Treasury earlier this year, which allowed to adequately cover the financing needs of the government.
Maribel Zuñiga CambroneroCorrespondent
Costa Rica: Tax lottery will reward purchases with debit and credit cards
Most of the purchases or payments completed with debit and credit cards in the country during the month of August will be allowed to participate in the first tax lottery drawing which will take place on Wednesday, September 14.
This lottery is organized by the General Directorate of Taxation, with the purpose of encouraging card payments because when a consumer pays with these instruments, the merchant delivers immediately a percentage to the Finance Ministry, as a retainer from the sales tax.
Tax Administration Jamaica has implemented a Revenue Enhancement & Arrears Project (REAP), designed to broaden the tax base, improve revenue inflows and update its Integrated Computerized Tax Administration System database.
REAP has been developed as part of an expanded and sustained PAYE audit programme which will target employers.
Meris HaughtonCorrespondent
Paraguay - The Ministry of Finance establishes 2 modern tax offices
The Ministry of Finance, through the Under Secretary of Tax Administration, has established in less than a month two completely renovated tax offices with innovative technologies in rural areas of the country. This way, the Tax Administration keeps improving the decentralization of services to provide greater convenience to taxpayers, ensuring the voluntary compliance of tax obligations.
The new offices feature the latest technology and furnishings to provide a modern, high quality service to taxpayers.
Elizabeth Fernández de CorralesCorrespondent
CIAT Manual for Human Resource Management in Tax Administration
The CIAT Manual for Human Resources Management is the product of the Working Group, coordinated by the CIAT Executive Secretariat, co-sponsored by the General Direction of Public Finance of France (known by its French acronym DGFIP). This Group was composed by officials experts in the field from Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy and Peru.
02/08/2011Un museo virtual ... Escrito por: Gaspar Maldonado
05/08/2011Mitos, leyendas, tradiciones y otras cosas así (vii)... Escrito por Raúl Zambrano
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Quality Management in Tax AdministrationIbero - American Fiscal Forum No. 12 1st Semester - 2011
In April of the present year was conducted the first Forum of the RAAM, which addressed the issue of quality management in Tax Administrations.During the event, the debated topic was how tax administrations have applied this concept, which is widely developed academically and put into practice by the private sector.
Assessing vertical and horizontal equity in the value added tax and income tax: The impact of potential tax reforms. The cases of Ecuador, Guatemala and Paraguay. Michel Jorratt CEPAL - June, 2011
The overall objective of this work is to evaluate the horizontal and vertical equity of VAT and income taxes in Ecuador, Guatemala and Paraguay. A specific objective, in the case of VAT, is to propose a methodology that incorporates the translation of income tax in the case of exempted goods, and the cascading effect of intermediate exemptions.
Tax History
Taxes were created for the purpose of generating revenue to meet public needs of the states.The Origin of taxes has its evidence in the primitive era, when the man gave offerings and first fruits to the gods in return for some benefits.
