The goal of the meeting with representatives of the tax administrations of six selected Asian countries, international tax experts, and ITC development partners as CIAT, was to discuss the summary report that was drawn up on the basis of the individual country studies conducted by ITC regarding the Progress and Challenges for Tax Systems in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

This Regional Seminar, held in Bangkok from 3 to 5 July 2013, was co-sponsored by ITC and the Revenue Department of the Kingdom of Thailand.

CIAT’s presentation at the Seminar on “Networks for Regional Technical Cooperation” was conducted by Francisco J. Beiner, Director of Institutional Management & Operations.

The International Tax Compact (ITC) is an initiative commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and implemented by GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH) to strengthen international cooperation with developing and transition countries to increase own revenue, and to fight tax evasion and avoidance.