Conference topics

Year

Venue

Topic Discussed

 

1979

United Kingdom

Tax Evasion


 

1980

Swaziland

Collection of Taxes


 

1981

Sri Lanka

(a) Tax Treatment of Small Businesses

(b) Taxpayer Education


 

1983

India

Staff Deployment


 

1984

Western Samoa

Tax Incentives to Promote Economic/Social Objectives


 

1985

New Zealand

Use of Computers and Corporate Planning


 

1986

Canada

Withholding Taxes


 

1987

Malaysia

Taxation of Corporations


 

1988

Malawi

(a) Improving Tax Collections.

(b) Role of Tax Administrator in Tax Policy


 

1989

Cyprus

Improving Tax Compliance:

(a) among self-employed persons/small businesses

(b) through better taxpayer education


 

1990

Mauritius

Taxation of Non Resident Corporations


 

1991

Papua New
Guinea

Effective Utilisation of Resources


 

1992

Nigeria

(a) Human Resource Development & Training

 

(b) Improving the Collection Function


 

1993

Pakistan

(a) Statutory Powers of Obtaining Information

 

(b) Tax Incentives for Economic Growth


 

1994

Tanzania

(a) Taxation of Oil/Mining

 

(b) Organising & Managing Tomorrow's Tax Administration


 

1995

Malta

(a) Self Assessment

 

(b) Capital Taxation


 

1996

Zimbabwe

(a) Use of Modern Technology in Tax Administration

 

(b) Taxation of Multinational Enterprises


 

1997

Samoa

Tax Audits


 

1998

Uganda

(a) Customer Service Programmes

 

(b) Effectiveness of Recent Tax Reforms in Widening the Tax Base


 

1999

Belize

(a) Impact of Electronic Commerce o­n Taxation

 

(b) Taxing the Self Employed and the Informal Sector


 

2000

India

(a) Harmful Tax Competition and Money Laundering

 

(b) Reform and Modernization of Tax Administration in the New

Millennium


 

2001

Ghana

(a) Taxation of Employment Income and PAYE Audits


(b) Key Technical Issues:


  (i) Taxation of Foreign Exchange Gains and Losses

 

  (ii) Transfer Pricing and Thin Capitalisation


 

2002

South Africa

(a) Major issues in tax policy and administration facing CATA

countries

  

(b) Tax treatment of charitable organisations, public utilities and

service bodies


 

2003

Malaysia

(a) Self Assessment of Income Tax in CATA Countries

  

(b) Human Resource Development


 

2004

Zambia

(a) Strategies for Expanding the Tax Base

(b) Building Capacity in Tax Administrations

Canada

 2005

(a) Customer Services

(b) Tax Evasion and Avoidance

 2006

 Mauritius

 (a) Strategies for taxation of the self-employment sector.

 (b) Practical approaches towards ensuring integrity in tax administration. 

 2007 Kenya

 (a) Effectiveness of reform measures in tax administration 

 (b) International and domestic aspects of tax fraud, evasion and avoidance.