USA Africa Dialogue Series - 46 COUNTRIES COMING FOR cOMMONWEALTH TAXMEN'S MEETING

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

46 Commonwealth countries for taxmen's meeting

 

*Commonwealth  Association of Tax Administrators  conference                Abuja  for Abuja

 

          The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Finance is scheduled to host the 2010 31^st Annual Technical Conference of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA) from 10^th – 16^th October, 2010.

 

          Established in 1977 in Barbados following a meeting of Commonwealth Ministers of Finance, CATA is an umbrella organization of tax revenue authorities within the Commonwealth. It is currently the world's largest organization of tax administrators, with 46 member countries, including Nigeria which joined the body in 1978.

 

          CATA promotes exchange of experiences on good practices in tax administration of member countries, through technical conferences, assistance programmes, training programmes and reflections on pertinent questions on tax method and procedure.

 

          The CATA Secretariat hosts an annual Management Committee meeting in London to discuss tax and related issues and evaluate reports submitted by its Regional Directors and Country Representatives. The Association rounds off its activities in a year with an annual conference hosted by a member country.

 

        The Local Organizing Committee headed by Q.S. Seghosime, Director, Tax Audit Processes and Programmes Department, FIRS, was inaugurated in 2009 to coordinate the planning for the conference. Its terms of reference include to plan, organize and deliver a successful CATA 2010 Conference. The Committee is also expected to ensure adequate protocol for delegates; good publicity and awareness for the event; and liaise with CATA Secretariat to ensure a successful hosting,

which is expected to help Nigeria showcase its rich cultural heritage during an auspicious period of the nation's 50^th Independence anniversary.

 

          The following two topics will be discussed at the conference:

·        Taxation of Specialized Sectors; and

·        Exchange of Information – Domestic and International.

 

          The Local Organizing Committee has made substantial progress in preparations for the forthcoming conference. CATA 2010 represents a second opportunity for Nigeria to host the event, having first done so in 1992. The event had exposed the country to the operations of a modern tax administration and opened the way to the automation of the operations and processes of the Service.

 

Malawi hosted the last CATA meeting in 2009.

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