Improving Tax Legislative Framework and Communication with Stakeholders

Description

Introduction

Tax administrators and legislators face the need to establish an adequate legislative framework, proposals and communication process to better manage and inform internal and external stakeholders about its key projects and their rights and duties.

Legislators should be in a position to assess the relative complexity that the tax proposals involve and be able to undertake a useful appraisal of tax proposals in terms of the policy, technical details and implementation process.

Course Content

• Overview of tax communication with stakeholder and mandate and scope of operations of the tax authority
• Developing tax legislation and budgeting processes and techniques
• Building synergy between parliament and the tax authority with the view of enhancing the efficiency of tax administration
• Developing an effective legislative communication process with tax authorities
• Legal foundation, the power to make tax laws and Improving the legal framework for taxation
• Modern communication tools for tax stakeholders and Evaluation

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the capacity of parliament to carry out oversight functions more effectively; particularly in the areas of tax legislation and budgeting processes
• Be able to identify possible areas for reforms with the view of providing the best possible legislative framework for more effective tax administration
• Be prepared to improve the implementation of tax reform: crafting the legislation
• Be able to build synergy between parliament and the tax authority with the view of enhancing the efficiency of tax administration that is anchored on global best practices
• Improve, expand the existing forms of the external or an internal communication network and introduce new channels of communication;