WHY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE?
TA work provides concrete benefits to the recipient country with the aim of increasing the effectiveness of revenue collection by member countries and strengthening the tax administrations capacity.
TA is the core of the ATAF mission as it:
In 2020 alone, ATAF received TA requests from 11 member countries (Angola, Eswatini, Ghana, Lesotho, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal, Zambia, and Togo) and the assistance provided covered areas such as Insurance, Value-Added Tax (VAT), Exchange of information (EOI) and Customs. The highly skilled Technical experts team comprised of ATAF Secretariat’s experts and experts from Member countries such Burkina Faso, Eswatini, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania, also provided tailored training workshops, conducted TADAT assessments, assisted with the revision of tax legislations and processes and made recommendations for structural and policy changes.
HOW IS TA DELIVERED?
ATAF follows a two-pronged approach to Technical assistance :
Thanks to ATAF’s interventions, Members have seen critical gaps filled within their tax administrations and substantial revenue losses averted.
TESTIMONIALS
Mr Alcides Neto Pelinganga, a Technician in the Information Systems Department of Angola’s Revenue Authority, who took part in an ASYCUDA advanced training provided to Angola, praised the workshop as “hands on and simple”. “Every class has been planned out well and after every class, our basics on that concept became stronger. Luke, who oversaw technical training, is an amazing teacher; he was very patient and used examples from our daily working routines to explain the concepts in a very detailed manner which helped us to better understand technology at the core level.” Neto Pelinganga said.
Similar positive feedback were received across ATAF’s membership, including from Mr Maxamed Osso, DRM Supervisor at Somalia’s Revenue Administration. Speaking at a training on Tax treaties provided to his Revenue administration, Mr Osso described the programme as “exceeding expectations”. He added that although the “language of instruction was English, and our team's official language is Somali […] training materials were delivered concisely and with clarity.”
Mr Ntombifuthi M. Dlamini, Audit and Compliance Manager at Eswatini Revenue Authority expressed ERA’s appreciation after receiving Technical assistance in Insurance audit by stating that “We have seen confidence in the audit team that worked with [the technical expert] Bernard as they can confidently talk about the products in the insurance sector and effectivity distinguish an insurance product from an investment and further to a life insurance product”.
Dlamini further hailed the training for helping the team better identify gaps in the legislation that is needed to strengthen compliance in this sector.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
ATAF's delivery of technical assistance is based on the demand from member tax administrations and is accessible to all members.
Requests for technical assistance can be made online process via the ATAF website or by clicking on the following link
https://bit.ly/3yfkGZp.
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