The third edition of the International Seminar of State Tax Administrators (SIATE) was held on November 9 and 10 of this year, in the city of Cuiabá, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil, with the support of the Mato Grosso State government, the State Secretariat of Finance of Mato Grosso, the National Conference of Tax Coordinators and Administrators -ENCAT and the Inter- American Center of Tax Administrations – CIAT.

Present in the opening of the seminar, among other high level authorities were the CIAT Executive Secretary, Márcio Verdi, the State Secretary of Finance of Mato Grosso, Marcel Cursi, the General Coordinator of ENCAT, Eudaldo Almeida de Jesus, the State Secretary of Finance of Maranhão and CONFAZ Coordinator, Claudio Trinchão, and the Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of Revenues of the State of Mato Grosso, Nardeli Pires Rothebarth.

The purpose of the Seminar was to allow the officials of the Brazilian state tax administrations, the opportunity for exchanging national and international experiences as well as to learn about the best practices being implemented in CIAT member countries. The 1st edition of this seminar was held in 2010 in the city of San Luis, State of Maranhão and the second, in 2011, in the city of Salvador, Bahia.

This international approach opens the door to different practical applications of great interest and relevance for tax institutions. The main topic discussed on this occasion was: “Challenges for the TAs in times of crisis: What challenges must Tax Administrators face?”

The event was highly appreciated by the participants for the quality of the selected topics and guest speakers, commentators and moderators. Some of the international speakers who shared their experiences were: Rodolfo Bravo from the Internal Revenue Service of Chile, Maria del Carmen Perez of the Institute of Fiscal Studies of Spain, Luis Cremades, Head of the Spanish Mission at CIAT, Isabelle Gaëtan, Head of the French Mission at CIAT, Albert Aguilera and Jean Claude Hernandez, General Administrator of Public Finance and Head of the Regional Department of Public Finance in Guyana, respectively, both from the General Directorate of Public Finance of France, and Raul Zambrano, CIAT Technical Assistance Director.

The rapporteur of the event was the CIAT Director of Training and Human Talent Development, Maria Raquel Ayala Doval.

The agenda and presentations of the seminar may be found in the official website: III International Seminar of State Tax Administrators

Photo of the main table of the Seminar