The Virtual Seminar with the theme of Experiences of Tax Administration Digitalization was held on 5 December 2023, attracting more than 200 representatives from BRITACOM Member Tax Administrations, Observers, the Advisory Board and business from over 20 jurisdictions.

 

 

The international community is witnessing the fast evolution of digital transformation unseen in decades, which brings both opportunities and challenges to tax administration. Against this backdrop, the BRITACOM Secretariat together with the State Revenue Committee of Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan (SRC), Chair of Promoting Tax Administration Digitalization task force under the framework of Nur-Sultan Action Plan (2022-2024) organized this seminar to exchange experiences and best practices of tax administration digitalization among BRITACOM parties, which would contribute to the fruitful outcomes of this task force to be released on the 5th BRITACOF to be hosted by Inland Revenue Department of Hong Kong, China in September 2024. 

 

At the beginning of the seminar,Ms.Bakhytgul Kazakpayeva, Head of Training and Methodological Center of the SRC briefly reported the progress of the task force and introduced the following steps.It was then followed by four keynote speeches. Dr.Csaba Bóta, Tax Expert from the Risk Analysis and Data Science Department of the National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary, shared their experiences on tax data, risk analysis, and statistical models. Mr. Yerzhan Mustafin, Head of the End-to-End Monitoring Department of the Digitalization Department of the SRC gave a substantive introduction to their national traceability system. Mr. XU Jianan, Tax Officer of Planning and Design Division of Tax and Information Technology Administration Department of State Taxation Administration of China presented insights on China’s overall planning of tax administration digitalization. Dr. Imam Arifin, Director at Directorate Transformation of Business Process of Directorate General of Tax of Indonesian Ministry of Finance updated the participants on their tax reforms towards digitalization. At the last session, Mr. WONG Kai-cheong, Assistant Commissioner of Inland Revenue Department of Hong Kong, China and Mr. Se Chi Kit, Officer of Financial Services Bureau of Macao, China also shared their experiences and stories on tax administration digitalization. The participants were attentive at the conference, actively participated in the online polls and had extensive exchanges with the speakers on key topics and issues. 

 

More seminars will be organized under the framework Nur-Sultan Action Plan (2022-2024) on promoting tax administration digitalization, raising tax certainty, improving tax environment, and reinforcing capacity building of tax administration to exchange views, share best practices, and improve the outcomes of each task force, so as to deliver high-quality outcomes in the 5th BRITACOF. (See more details about the seminar)