The Second Edition of the International Seminar organized by the Bahia State Treasury Secretariat, the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations – CIAT – and the National Conference of Tax Coordinators and Administrators – ENCAT took place last November 21 – 22, in the City of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. In this opportunity the main topic was: “The Tax Administrations as Mechanisms for Social Development”.

The Governor of the Bahia State, Mr. Jacques Wagner was in charge of the opening of the event, who was accompanied by important authorities such as the Bahia State Treasury Secretary, Mr. Carlos Martins; The CIAT Executive Secretary, Mr. Márcio Ferreira Verdi; The President of the Brazilian Institute for Ethics in Competition (ETCO), Mr. Roberto Abdenur; the ENCAT General Coordinator, Mr. Eudaldo Almeida de Jesus; the Regional Superintendent of the Bank of Brazil, Mr. Edson Cardozo; the President of the Bahia Regional Council of Accounting, Mrs. Maria Constança Carneiro Galvão; the Attorney General of the Bahia State, Mr. Rui Moraes Cruz; and the Regional Superintendent of the Federal Savings Bank, Mr. Aristoteles Alves de Menezes Jr.

Senior national and international officials such as the Spanish Director of the State Agency for Tax Administration, Mr. Jose Maria Meseguer; the Spanish Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Mr. Jose Maria Labeaga were in charge of the presentations; the CIAT Executive Secretary, Mr. Márcio Ferreira Verdi who was in charge of the opening conference; Mr. Miguel Acosta, Director of the Fiscal Training Center of the Internal etRevenue Service of Ecuador; Mr. Roberto Abdenur, President of ETCO; Mrs. Maria Fatima Cartaxo, Senior Specialist of the IADB; Mrs. Zayda Bastos Manatta, Assistant Secretary of Federal Revenues of Brazil; Claudio Trinchao – Maranhao State Treasury Secretary; and Mr. Raul Zambrano, CIAT Technical Assistance Manager. The final considerations were in charge of Mr. Isaias Coelho of the Getulio Vargas Foundation who emphasized the most outstanding aspects during the Seminar.

Also, Mrs. Maria Raquel Ayala, CIAT Studies and Training Director presented the Handbook for TAs that recently has been published by the Center along with the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation – IBFD and the Netherlands Tax Administration.

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The events main table counted with the presence of Mr. Jacques Wagner, Governor of the State of Bahia; Mr. Roberto Abdenur, the President of the Brazilian Institute for Ethics in Competition – ETCO; Mr. Eudaldo Almeida de Jesus, ENCAT General Coordinator; Mr. Marcio Verdi, CIAT Executive Secretary, and other authorities.		Participants to the II International Seminar of Tax Administrations of the Brazilian States.