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Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations – CIAT

CIAT TECHNICAL CONFERENCE

“STRENGTHENING OF THE TAX ADMINISTRATION’S CAPACITY”

DAILY SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

Naples, Italy 19 - 22 October 2009

DAILY SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

Monday 19 October Morning 09:00 - 09:30

Inaugural ceremony (30’)

09:30 -10:10

Official photograph and Coffee Break TOPIC 1 Moderator:

Juan Hernández, Director General of Internal Revenues, Dominican Republic

Inaugural Conference : Impact of the crisis in the Tax Administrations.

10:10 - 10:40

Topic 1:

Speaker:

Teresa Ter-Minassian, Former Director Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (30’)

The design and implementation of Tax Policy: The role of the Tax Administration.

10:40 - 11:10

Speaker:

Andréa Lemgruber-Viol, Economist, IMF (30´)

11:10 - 11:20

Commentator:

Claudino Pita, Executive Secretary, CIAT (10´)

11:20 - 11:40

Debate (20´)

Case study 1.1:

Senior

Social acceptance of the tax: the simplification of the tax systems.

Moderator:

Viralee Latibeaudiere, Director General, Tax Administration Directorate, Jamaica

11:40 – 12:00

Speaker:

Henri Osmont d'Amilly, Head of the Department of Simplification, General Directorate of Public Finances, France (20´)

12:00 - 12:20

Speaker:

Nelson Hernández, Director General of Revenue, General Directorate of Taxation, Uruguay (20´)

12:20 - 12:50

Debate (30´)

12:50 - 14:00

Lunch

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Afternoon Case study 1.2:

Factors contributing to the equity of the tax systems: expansion of bases Moderator:

Rudy Villeda, Tax Administration Superintendent, Superintendence of Tax Administration, Guatemala

14:00 - 14:20

Speaker

Juan Pablo Jimenez, Official Economic Affairs, Economic Commission for the Caribbean and Latin-America ECLA (20´):

14:20 - 14:40

Speaker

Carlos M. Carrasco Vicuña, Director General, Internal Revenue Service, Ecuador (20´)

14:40 - 15:10

Debate (30´)

15:10 - 15:25

Recess

Case study 1.3:

Tax decentralization administration of taxes.

and

coordination

in

the

Moderator:

Carlos Sánchez, Deputy Director General of Operations, Federal Administration of Public Revenues, Argentina

15:25 - 15:45

Speaker:

Fernando Díaz Yubero, Director Organizational Programming and International Relationships Dept., State Agency of Tax Administration, Spain (20´)

15:45 - 16:05

Speaker:

Valmar Menezes, Coordinator, Federal Secretariat, Brazil (20´)

16:05 - 16:35

Debate (30´)

General Revenue

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Tuesday 20 October

Integration activity among the delegations of the member-countries, international agencies and special guests

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Wednesday 21 October

TOPIC 2 Case study 2.1:

09:00 - 09:20

Information exchange and administrative assistance for recovery as effective mechanisms for controlling fraud, evasion and avoidance.

Moderator:

Donato Raponi, Head Tax Administration, European Union

Speaker:

Stefano Gesuelli, Head International Cooperation Unit, General Directorate, Guardia di Finanza, Italy (20’)

09:20 - 09:40

Speaker:

Patricia Spice, Director, Competent Authority Services, Compliance Programs Branch, Canada Revenue Agency (20’)

09:40 - 10:00

Speaker:

Grace Perez-Navarro, Deputy Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD (20´)

10:00 - 10:20

Speaker:

Carlos Sánchez, Deputy Director General of Operations, Federal Administration of Public Revenues, Argentina (20’)

10:20-11:00

Debate (40´)

11:00-11:30

Recess

Case study 2.2:

11:30 – 11:50

New technologies to improve control capacity.

Moderator:

Yolanda Alvarez de la Torre, Head of the National Tax Administration Office, ONAT, Cuba

Speaker:

Han Wijers, Manager, National Supervision Organization, Tax and Customs Administration, The Netherlands (20’)

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11:50 - 12:10

Speaker:

12:10-12:40

Debate (30´)

12:40 - 14:10

Lunch

Germania Montás, Deputy Director General, General Directorate of Internal Taxes, Dominican Republic (20’)

Afternoon Case study 2.3:

The creation of large taxpayer units and the inclusion of individual large taxpayers.

Moderator:

14:10 - 14:30

Speaker:

14:30 - 15:00

Debate (30´)

Topic 2:

15:00 - 15:30

Jorge Gaona, Diretor National, Large Taxpayers, State Undersecretariat of Taxation, Paraguay.

Douglas O'Donnell, Director, Treaty Administration and International Coordination, Internal Revenue Service, United States (20’)

Key aspects for improving the tax administration’s control capacity

Moderator:

Michael Crichlow, Tax Commissioner, Ministry of Finance, Bermuda

Speaker:

Luigi Magistro, Central Director, Italian Revenue Agency-Central Directorate, Italy (30’)

15:30-15:40

Commentator:

Jan Knížek, General Director, Ministry of Finance-Central Financial and Tax Directorate, Czech Republic (10’)

15:40 - 16:00

Debate (20´)

16:00-16:10

Recess

16:10 –18:00

Technical Session (only for Representatives of member countries)

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Thursday 22 October TOPIC 3 Morning Topic 3:

Management tool and relevant strengthening the tax administration.

contextual

aspects

for

Moderator:

William Layne, Permanent Secretary of Finance, Government of Barbados, Ministry of Finance & Economic Affairs, Barbados

09:00 - 09:30

Speaker:

Andrew Reed,Assistant Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office, Australia (30´)

09:30 - 09:40

Commentator:

Matthias Witt, Head Public Policy, German Agency for Technical Cooperation, GTZ (10´)

09:40 - 10:00 10:00 - 10:20 Case study 3.1:

Debate (20´) Recess The use of Intranets by the Tax Administrations.

Moderator:

Jean-Frantz Richard, Director General, General Directorate of Taxes, Haiti

10:20 - 10:40

Speaker:

Ricardo Escobar, Director, Revenue Service, Chile (20’)

10:40 - 11:00

Debate (20´)

Case study 3.2:

Internal

Economic integration and harmonization of the tax systems and administrations.

Moderator:

Jamila Isenia, Director, Inspectorate of Taxes, Netherlands Antilles (20’)

11:00 - 11:20

Speaker:

Clara Urteaga, Legal National Intendant, National Superintendence of Tax Administration, Peru (20’)

11:20 – 11:40

Speaker:

Luiz Villela,Fiscal Economist, InterAmerican Development Bank, IDB (20’)

11:40 - 12:10

Debate (30´)

12:10 - 13:30

Lunch

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Afternoon Case study 3.3:

Strategic planning as factor contributing improvement of institutional capacity.

to

the

Moderator:

Sandro de Vargas Serpa, Deputy Secretary for Taxation and Litigation, Federal Revenue Secretariat, Brazil

13:30 -13:50

Speaker:

Mario Visco, Head of Unit, International Relations Office, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy (20’)

13:50 -14:10

Speaker:

Néstor Díaz, Director General, Directorate of Taxes and National Customs, Colombia (20’)

14:10 - 14:40

Debate (30´)

14:40 - 14:50

Evaluation of the event

14:50 - 15:20

Final considerations: José António Pereira, Director General of Revenue, General Directorate of Taxes, Portugal

15:20 - 15:50

Closing ceremony

21/10/09

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