GRA undertaking initiatives to strengthen capacity
DPI/GINA, GUYANA, Sunday, June 11, 2017
The Commissioner General from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Godfrey Statia will be attending the first ‘Added- Tax Initiative Conference’. The conference will be held in Berlin, Germany from June 14-16. This was revealed during the media post-Cabinet briefing at the Ministry of Presidency on Friday.
Minister of State Joseph Harmon explained that the conference will focus on a tax and development programme which was launched at the third ‘Financing for Development Conference’ in August 2015 to improve transparency, efficiency and effectiveness in national tax systems.
Minister Harmon said that cabinet also approved for the GRA Deputy Commissioner- General, Hema Khan to attend the International Taxation Network meeting. This meeting will be held in Columbia from July 4-7.
The Minister said that the, “meeting will seek to promote the harmonisation of tax practices in Latin America and Caribbean countries and to generate and analyze a database for international tax planning”.
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By: Neola Damon