Making it Easy for Taxpayers to Do the Right Thing Boosts Tax Compliance
The CEF joined the heads of revenue administrations from 47 countries and entities at the 18th General Assembly of the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations (IOTA) to advance efforts in addressing capacity development needs of our member countries in tax modernization
The theme of this year’s General Assembly focused on optimizing the timing of the actions and interventions of tax administrations to encourage voluntary compliance. Making it easy to comply and difficult to avoid complying is an increasingly critical objective underpinning the work of many tax administrations.
In the opening speech to over 150 delegates from IOTA Member and non-Member Tax Administrations, high ranking officials of the Serbian Government, European Union, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, International Monetary Fund and representatives of other international organisations, tax practitioners, researchers and special guests, Serbian Finance Minister Lazar Krstic recognized the need for the Serbian tax administration to be reorganised towards a citizen-oriented service instead of a government body in charge of sanctioning tax payers. In continuation, participating countries discussed the importance of the timely and automatic exchange of information between countries in the fight against tax evasion. Initiatives aimed at encouraging and supporting timely compliance along with the strategies to influence the behaviour of taxpayers were also discussed.
The 18th General Assembly of the IOTA, organised with the support and under the Presidency of the Serbian Tax Administration, was held on July 3-4, 2014 in Belgrade, Serbia.
About IOTA:
IOTA is a non-profit inter-governmental organisation whose mission is to promote co-operation between tax administrations in the European region through the sharing of experience and best practice, to be a source of professional knowledge and expertise about practical tax administration issues.
