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Newsletter, December 2009
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The Workshop on the Taxation of International Transactions for senior and middle level tax officials will be hosted by the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia, from 3 to 21 May 2010.

Applications must be made using Form MTA 1 and must be supported by a medical report on Form MTA 2. All applications must be submitted through the applicant’s Government to the Malaysian Tax Academy. Please note that the closing date for the applications is 1 March 2010.

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Form MTA 2

 The General Meeting, held o­n 28 September, chose a new Management Committee to oversee the affairs of the Association for the next three years.  The Management Committee elected Mr Jones Zimba (Commissioner, Malawi Revenue Authority) as its Chairman, and Mr Douglas Rankin (United Kingdom) as Vice Chairman.  Mr Sudahmo Lal of Mauritius was elected as the new President of CATA. Click here for full details of the new structure.

The Conference which followed was attended by over 100 delegates from 24 countries, and international organisations such as the IMF and GTZ.  At its conclusion on 2 October, delegates were agreed that the technical presentations and debate had been of a very high quality. The Malawi Revenue Authority, under Commissioner General Mr Lloyd Muhara, is to be congratulated o­n the excellence of all aspects of the planning and organisation of both events. Sincere thanks are also due to the individual members of the team for the many kindnesses extended to delegates during their stay in Lilongwe.

Mr S. Sivalingam was recently awarded the title of Dato by the Malaysian Government for his outstanding contribution in the field of international taxation and fiscal policy. Mr Sivalingam was a founder member of CATA and Chairman of CATA's Management Committee from 1985 to 1991.

Professor Mills (right) with the Executive Director during the CATA conference in Accra in 2001The Executive Director has sent congratulations on behalf of CATA to Professor John Atta Mills, on his recent election as the next President of Ghana. As Ghana's Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Professor Mills served as a member of CATA's Management Committee from 1991 to 1994 and was a very active and well respected supporter of CATA's programmes.

CATA and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) are pleased to announce the introduction of a new E-learning product – Tax Audit Fundamentals (TAF), for use by CATA members.

TAF is an interactive learning experience designed to take new auditors through each stage of conducting an audit. It may be completed entirely online, or alternatively downloaded in PDF format for offline use. An exercise is presented at the conclusion of each unit of TAF to reinforce the learning objectives. There is also a final exercise at the end of the product to enable the learner to check the level of comprehension of basic auditing attained. We encourage all users to provide feedback about TAF to the CRA through the questionnaire included as part of the product. The CRA will monitor user feedback on an ongoing basis.

To access TAF please log in to the members area and select "e-learning: Tax Audit Fundamentals".