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Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations – CIAT

44th CIAT GENERAL ASSEMBLY

“THE ROLE OF THE TAX ADMINISTRATIONS IN THE GLOBAL CRISIS”

PROGRAM

Montevideo, Uruguay April 12 – 15, 2010 1

DAILY SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES Main theme: “THE ROLE OF THE TAX ADMINISTRATIONS IN THE GLOBAL CRISIS” Monday, April 12

Morning 09:00 - 09:30

Inaugural Ceremony

09:30 - 10:00

Official photograph and Coffee Break

10:00 - 11:00

The impact of the Global Crisis: Challenges and Appropriate Responses from the Tax Administration

10:00 - 10:20

Speaker:

CIAT (20’)

10:20 - 10:40

Speaker:

IMF (20’)

10:40 - 11:20

Debate (40’)

Topic

1: Transparency and strengthening and effectiveness

ethics as improving

condition for institutional

Moderator: Juan Hernandez, Dominican Republic Canada (30’)

11:20 - 11:50

Speaker:

11:50 - 12:00

Commentator: Portugal (10’)

12:00 - 12:20

Debate (20’)

1.1

The development and strengthening of citizen trust: the accountability mechanisms in the Tax Administrations

Moderator: Bermuda 12:20 - 12:40

Speaker:

Dominican Republic (20’)

12:40 - 13:00

Speaker:

France

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13:00 - 13:20

Debate (20’)

13:20 - 14:30

Lunch

Afternoon 1.2

The Tax Administrations and the taxpayer’s social responsibility: Strategies for combating harmful tax planning

Moderator: Kenya 14:30 - 14:50

Speaker:

Spain (20’)

14:50 - 15:10

Speaker:

U.S.A. (20’)

15:10 - 15:30

Debate (40’)

15:30 - 15:40

Coffee (10’) 1.3

The promotion of ethics in the Tax Administrations: Strategies and programs for the promotion of ethics.

Moderator: Netherlands Antilles 15:40 - 16:00

Speaker:

CIAT (20’)

16:00 - 16:20

Speaker:

Sweden (20’)

16:20 - 16:40

Debate (40´)

16:40 - 17:10

EUROsociAL (30´)

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Tuesday, April 13 2.

The measurement of the tax gap and its impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of the tax administration

Moderator: European Union OECD (30’)

09:00 - 09:30

Speaker:

09:30 - 09:40

Commentator: ECLAC (10’)

09:40 - 10:00

Debate (20’)

10:00 - 10:20

Coffee

2.1

Instruments and techniques for the measurement of evasion

Moderator: Costa Rica 10:20 - 10:40

Speaker:

Uruguay (20’)

10:40 - 11:00

Speaker:

Ecuador (20’)

11:00 - 11:20

Debate (40’) 2.2

Instruments and techniques for the measurement and analysis of tax expenditure

Moderator: GTZ 11:20 - 11:40

Speaker:

Brazil (20’)

11:40 - 12:00

Speaker:

IDB (20’)

12:00 - 12:20

Debate (20’) 2.3

Use of the results of tax gap measurement for structuring the risk map and designing control plans.

Moderator: Perú 12:20 - 12:40

Speaker:

Italy (20’)

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12:40 - 13:00

Speaker:

13:00 - 13:20

Debate (20’)

13:20 - 14:30

Lunch

South Africa (20’)

Afternoon Administrative Session

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Wednesday, April 14

Integration Activities

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Thursday, April 15 3.

Strategies for improving voluntary compliance and the collection of taxes

Moderator:

Barbados

09:00 - 09:30

Speaker:

Argentina (30’)

09:30 - 09:40

Commentator: New Zealand (30’)

09:40 - 10:10

Debate (30’)

10:10 - 10:40

Coffee

3.1

Benefits and costs in the application of a segmented taxpayer approach in the Latin American tax administrations

Moderator: Jamaica 10:40 - 11:00

Speaker:

Chile (20’)

11:00 - 11:20

Speaker:

(20’)

11:20 - 12:00

Debate (40’)

12.00 - 13:30

Lunch

Afternoon 3.2

The optimization of tax records: debugging, updating and use

Moderator: Cuba 13:30 - 13:50

Speaker:

The Netherlands (20’)

13:50 - 14:10

Speaker:

Costa Rica (20’)

14:10 - 14:50

Debate (40’)

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3.3

Effective mechanisms for the collection of taxes and the recovery of debts in times of crisis.

Moderator: Guatemala 14:50 - 15:10

Speaker:

Uruguay (20’)

15:10 - 15:30

Speaker:

Colombia (20’)

15:30 - 16:10

Debate

16:10 - 16:20

Evaluation of the event

16:20 - 16:40

Coffee

16:40 - 17:30

Closing of the event

16:40 - 17:10

Final considerations (30’)

17:10 - 17:30

Closing ceremony (Continued)

February 22, 2010

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