During the week of December 2nd the International Tax Dialogue (ITD) held its 5th Global Conference in the City of Marrakech. The theme of this year’s Conference was “Tax and Intergovernmental Relations.”

Senior tax policymakers and administrators from across the world met to discuss how authority to set and collect taxes should be allocated across different levels of national government to ensure accountability, efficiency and economic stability. This is the first time that the revenue aspect of decentralization has taken center stage at a global level to allow countries to debate key questions about who should tax what and share good practices and experiences.

The CIAT organization is an ITD partner and it was represented at by its Executive Secretary, Márcio F. Verdi and Director of Planning and Institutional Development, Socorro Velázquez. There was a significant presence of tax officials from Latin America and the Caribbean.

The closing session was a discussion panel of the week’s events and it was moderated by Pablo Ferreri, Director General of the Uruguay Tax Department. Representatives from ITD partner organizations shared their insights on several aspects of the Conference program and its general discussion. Strong emphasis was made by several partners on the need for continued cooperation and collaboration amongst international organization that eventually benefits national and sub-national tax administrations in the way of improved capacity building. Kudos was given to the Kingdom of Morocco Ministry of Finance and organizers for a well-planned event.

The complete Conference Press Release is available at this link: Press Release, as are details on the Conference program at the ITD Web site: www.itdweb.org

Show in the picture, is the CIAT Executive Secretary, Mr. Márcio F. Verdi making his presentation.