The OECD and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched a new initiative to help developing countries increase domestic revenues by strengthening their tax audit capacities.
The OECD and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched a new initiative to help developing countries increase domestic revenues by strengthening their tax audit capacities.
The Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) project was welcomed by stakeholders from business, civil society, as well as OECD and developing country governments attending the third international conference on financing for development in Addis Ababa. The initiative will help countries to mobilise much-needed domestic revenues in support of the post-2015 sustainable development agenda.
TIWB will facilitate targeted tax audit assistance in developing countries worldwide. Tax audit experts will work directly with local tax officials of developing country tax administrations to improve the quality and consistency of audits, providing greater certainty for taxpayers and encouraging a culture of compliance through more effective enforcement.
A number of pilot projects and international tax workshops providing guidance are already underway, including in Albania, Ghana and Senegal. Evidence gathered from real time cases in Colombia indicate a significant increase in tax revenue, from US$3.3m in 2011 to US$33.2m in 2014.
At the launch, OECD secretary-general Angel Gurría said: ‘The challenges faced by developing countries are being acknowledged internationally and we are delighted to mobilise the best experts worldwide in a practical contribution to domestic resource mobilisation.’
UNDP administrator Helen Clark said: ‘Effective domestic resource mobilisation is at the core of financing for sustainable development, but efforts to raise domestic resources are often constrained by tax evasion and avoidance, and by illicit financial flows. The TIWB programme is an innovative and practical way of supporting developing countries to mobilise more domestic resources for development.’
The TIWB secretariat, composed of OECD and UNDP staff and based at the OECD in Paris, a dedicated central organising unit supported by an oversight board of stakeholders, will operate as a clearing house to match the demand by facilitating the full-time or periodic deployment of experts. For updated toolkit, see www.bit.ly/1Tzpcbj.
The OECD and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched a new initiative to help developing countries increase domestic revenues by strengthening their tax audit capacities.
The OECD and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched a new initiative to help developing countries increase domestic revenues by strengthening their tax audit capacities.
The Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) project was welcomed by stakeholders from business, civil society, as well as OECD and developing country governments attending the third international conference on financing for development in Addis Ababa. The initiative will help countries to mobilise much-needed domestic revenues in support of the post-2015 sustainable development agenda.
TIWB will facilitate targeted tax audit assistance in developing countries worldwide. Tax audit experts will work directly with local tax officials of developing country tax administrations to improve the quality and consistency of audits, providing greater certainty for taxpayers and encouraging a culture of compliance through more effective enforcement.
A number of pilot projects and international tax workshops providing guidance are already underway, including in Albania, Ghana and Senegal. Evidence gathered from real time cases in Colombia indicate a significant increase in tax revenue, from US$3.3m in 2011 to US$33.2m in 2014.
At the launch, OECD secretary-general Angel Gurría said: ‘The challenges faced by developing countries are being acknowledged internationally and we are delighted to mobilise the best experts worldwide in a practical contribution to domestic resource mobilisation.’
UNDP administrator Helen Clark said: ‘Effective domestic resource mobilisation is at the core of financing for sustainable development, but efforts to raise domestic resources are often constrained by tax evasion and avoidance, and by illicit financial flows. The TIWB programme is an innovative and practical way of supporting developing countries to mobilise more domestic resources for development.’
The TIWB secretariat, composed of OECD and UNDP staff and based at the OECD in Paris, a dedicated central organising unit supported by an oversight board of stakeholders, will operate as a clearing house to match the demand by facilitating the full-time or periodic deployment of experts. For updated toolkit, see www.bit.ly/1Tzpcbj.