A Seminar on “Tax Collection Procedures in the Administrative and Judicial Fields” sponsored by CAPTAC-DR and CIAT was held last September 17 and 18, 2012, in the City of Antigua, Guatemala

As a result of the CAPTAC-DR and CIAT partnership, the seminar on collection procedures held in the City of Antigua had the participation of tax administrations from various Central American countries (Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Guatemala) and the Dominican Republic.

The event was coordinated and moderated by CAPTAC-DR (Oscar Vazquez) and had the participation of speakers from AFIP, Argentina (Maria Laura Reyes); DGI, Uruguay (Gabriela Rodriguez Lopez); AGIP, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Carlos Rubinstein); and CIAT (Gonzalo Arias).

During the two days activities, legislative, jurisdictional, procedural, structural, organizational and international aspects of collection have been discussed and a round table was coordinated in order to know the experiences of all present countries.

As mentioned by Mr. Oscar Vazquez (CAPTAC-DR) and Mr. Gonzalo Arias (CIAT) in their opening remarks, it is necessary to promote the exchange and discussion between tax administration officials from collection areas because these are critical procedures to achieve collection goals and because of the low collection level on the existing portfolio of outstanding debtors in the region.

It was concluded that, even if many international efforts are made in the field, they are not sufficient to cover the needs of many tax administrations in Latin America and the Caribbean. That is why a fluid and energetic exchange between participants and experts was created, which has led to the unanimous conclusion on the need to hold in the future more support actions in the field, and to generate awareness among the tax administrations authorities on the importance of strengthening these processes: both from the of legal and/or administrative points of view.

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In the panel, from left to right: María Laura Rayes-AFIP, Argentina; Carlos Rubinstein AGIP Argentina; Oscar Vásquez CAPTAC RD; Gonzalo Arias CIAT; Gabriela Rodríguez – DGI Uruguay		Official photo of the event