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Inter – American Center of Tax Administrations

41ST CIAT GENERAL ASSEMBLY

KEY STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF THE TAX ADMINISTRATIONS

TECHNICAL PROGRAM

Bridgetown, Barbados May 21-24, 2007

DAILY SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES Monday, May 21 Main Theme:

Key Structural Aspects of the Tax Administrations

Morning 09:00 - 09:30

Inaugural Ceremony (30’)

09:30 -10:00

Inaugural Conference: Establishment Revenue Authority of Barbados (30’)

of

the

Central

Moderator:

Jorge Rachid, Secretary of the Federal Revenue of Brazil and President of the CIAT Executive Council.

Speaker:

Ronald Bascombe, Permanent Secretary of Special Projects Unit of the Ministry of Finance of Barbados.

10:00 -10:10

Official photograph (10’)

10:10 - 10:30

Recess

10:30 - 11:10

Topic 1.

(20’) The Organizational Structure

Speaker:

Jenny Granger, Second Commissioner of Taxation of the Australian Tax Office. (40¨)

11:10 - 11:20

Commentator

Claudino Pita, Executive Secretary, CIAT. (10´)

11:20 - 11:50

Open discussion

(30´)

Topic 1.1

Levels of Autonomy

Moderator:

Andreas Neufeld, Undersecretary of Taxation, Undersecretariat State of Taxation of Paraguay.

Financial

and

Budgetary

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11:50 -12:30

Speakers:

Carolina Roca, Superintendent of the Tax Administration Service of Guatemala.

Luis Alberto Patrón Arregui, General Manager of Quality and Innovation, Tax Administration Service of Mexico. (20´ each one)

12:30 -13:00

Open discussion

13:00 -14:30

Lunch

(30´)

Afternoon

14:30 -15:10

Topic 1.2

Criteria for Departmentalization

Moderator:

Vinete Keene, Director General for Tax Administration of the Jamaica Tax Administration.

Speakers:

Brian McCauley, Assistant Commissioner Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs Branch of Canada.

Mandisa Mokwena, General Manager Compliance Risk, South African Revenue Service (20´ each one)

15:10 -15:40

Open discussion (30´)

15:40 -16:00

Recess

16:00 -16:40

Topic 1.3

Centralization and Decentralization Planning and Management

of

Moderator:

Emigdio Cáceres, Executive President of the National Tax Service of Bolivia.

Speakers:

Enrico Martino, Director of International Relations at the Tax Policy Department of the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance.

Deborah Nolan, Commissioner of the Large and Mid-Size Business Division, Internal

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Revenue Service, United States of America.

(20´ each one) 16:40 -17:10

Open discussion: (30´)

Tuesday, May 22 Morning Topic 2.

Models of Relationship of the Central Tax Administrations with other Collection Institutions

Moderator:

Francisco Fonseca, General Director of Taxation at the Ministry of Finance of Costa Rica.

09:00 - 09:40 Speaker

09:40 -09:50

Commentator:

09:50 -10:20

Open discussion:

10:20 -10:40

Recess

Jorge Rachid, Secretary of the Federal Revenue of Brazil. (40´) Teresa Ter-Minassian, Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund. (10´) (30´)

Topic 2.1.

Integration of the Administration of Internal Taxes, Customs Duties and Social Security Contributions

Moderator:

Oscar Franco, General Director of Taxes and Customs of Colombia.

10:40 -11:20

Speakers:

Mario Rosselló, Deputy Director of Planning and Administration of the Federal Administration of Public Revenue of Argentina.

Laura Calderón, Nacional Tax Superintendent of Peru. (20´ each one)

11:20 -11:50

Open discussion: Topic 2.2.

(30´) Relationship of the Central Tax Administration with other Government Levels

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Moderator:

Carlos M. Carrasco, General Director of the Internal Revenue Service of Ecuador.

11:50 -12:30

Speakers:

José Vielma Mora, Superintendent of the Integrated National Service of Customs and Tax Administration of Venezuela.

Luis Pedroche, General Director of the State Agency of Tax Administration of Spain. (20´ each one)

12:30 - 13:00

Open discussion

13:00 - 13:30

Products of CIAT Working Groups (10´ each one) Moderator:

(30´)

Márcio Verdi, Director of Strategic Planning and Studies, CIAT.

International Tax Planning Control; Promotion of Ethics in the Tax Administration - Phase II; Tax Statistics 13:30 – 13:45

Presentation by SAT of Guatemala. Anti-Evasion Law: A Successful Case of VAT Withholding (15´).

13:45 - 15:00

Lunch

Afternoon 15:30 - 18:00

CIAT General Assembly Administrative Session.

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Wednesday, May 23 mayo FREE DAY

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Thursday, May 24 Morning Topic 3.

The Structural Change in the Modern Tax Administrations and Human Resources Management

Moderator:

William Layne, Permanent Ministry of Finance of Barbados.

09:00 - 09:40

Speaker:

Hans van der Vlist, Deputy Commissioner, Tax and Customs Administration of The Netherlands (40´)

09:40 - 09:50

Commentator:

Deborah Nolan, Commissioner of the Large and Mid-Size Business Division, Internal Revenue Service, United States of America.

(10´)

09:50 -10:20

Open discussion (30´)

10:20 -10:50

Recess

(30´)

Topic 3.1

Recruitment and Selection of Staff, Trends and Strategies for Human Resources Training

Moderator:

Armando Sarmiento, Executive Director of Revenues of Honduras.

Speakers:

Olivier Sivieude, Human Resources Director of the General Directorate of Taxes of France.

10:50 -11:30

Secretary,

María Raquel Ayala, Research and Training Manager, CIAT (20´ each one) 11:30 -12:00

Open discussion (30´)

12:00 -13:30

Lunch

Afternoon

13:30 -14:10

Topic 3.2.

Motivation, Recognition and Mechanisms

Promotion

Moderator:

Juan Hernández, Director of Inland Revenue of the Dominican Republic.

Speakers:

Maria Joana Bento da Silva Santos, Deputy Director of the General Directorate of Taxes of Portugal.

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