In keeping with the Cooperation Agreement signed by CIAT-IOTA at the CIAT General Assembly held in Brazil in 2006, the CIAT Executive Secretary, Mr. Márcio F. Verdi, in response to an invitation from the Intra-European Organization of Tax Administrations (IOTA), participated in its 15th General Assembly held on July 7 and 8, in the city of Nice, France, whose main theme was “Achieving More with Less”.

IOTA consists of 44 European member countries, of which 6 are also CIAT members, namely: Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands and Czech Republic. The participants in this event included heads of tax administrations, representatives of international organizations and tax experts and researchers.

In line with the theme: “Achieving More with Less” the countries made presentations on new mechanisms dealing with collection and the increase of voluntary compliance, which may in turn result in increased efficiency and cost reduction.

Some of the mechanisms presented involved E-Governance, as well as techniques and application of information technology in the tax administrations. Also considered were benchmarking cases being implemented by IOTA itself, as well as the experiences of France, Azerbaijan and the United Kingdom.

Pictured participants of the Fifteenth General Assembly of IOTA