URA to host tax conference on harnessing digital economies

​ URA shall host the 4th International Conference on Tax in Africa (ICTA), which ties in with the 10th anniversary celebration for the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF).

The 4th International Conference on Tax in Africa (ICTA) to be held from 18 to 22 November is premised on the theme Innovation - Digitalisation and Harnessing Technology to Improve Tax Systems.

ATAF was created as a platform that champions interests of African countries in the international tax arena, this came hot on the heels of the 2008 global economic crisis.

As a result, Africa has evolved into more effective tax systems, creating increased opportunities for state building and enabling Africa to take control over its own destiny.

With the current wave of digitalised economies, the theme will cover innovative solutions to the policy challenges that face countries in dealing with the taxation of digitalisation so as to inform the global tax debate over the next decade.

The ATAF 10th Anniversary highlights key milestones that the platform and members have registered.

Since its launch in November 2009, as a beacon of hope to strengthen revenue mobilisation and administration in the continent, ATAF was recognised by the African Union as the lead organisation on continental tax matters and as a result, they have signed an MoU with the Pan African Parliament to adopt

the ATAF double taxation agreement model for all African countries.

ATAF has provided technical assistance and capacity building to member states through various

committees such as cross-border taxation, VAT technical committee, Legal Counsel Network and the Exchange of Information Technical Committee.

In addition, ATAF has trained over 15,000 officials in international tax and several tax  administration matters such as tax treaties, Transfer Pricing, Tax Audit and Taxing Natural resources.

URA in particular has benefited a lot in the areas of legislation, executive masters in taxation, trainings and also participated in collaborative research on tax matters under the African Tax Research Network.

The events in Kampala are a climax of ATAF@10 celebrations that have been happening across Africa.