LocationsTax Inspectors without Borders strengthening and building technical capacity in inspection and taxation in Angola
October 17, 2024
AGT CEO, José Leiria, Brazilian Ambassador to Angola, Eugênia Barthelmess and UNDP Angola Resident Representative, Denise António
In November 2022, the General Tax Administration (AGT) and the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service (RFB) began cooperating under the Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) programme.
The last RFB mission to Angola took place from 14 to 17 October 2024.
On Wednesday morning, the 16th, a courtesy meeting facilitated by the UNDP took place, with the presence of the Brazilian Ambassador to Angola, the members of the RFB mission, the Chairman of the AGT Board of Directors and the UNDP Resident Representative, for brief remarks and acknowledgements.
The meeting, which also included members of the RFB, focused on evaluating the results of the ‘Tax Inspectors without Borders’ programme.
Tax Inspectors without Borders is a joint initiative of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), focusing on technical training related to inspection and other aspects of international taxation.
The initiative, singularly practical in its approach, brought together inspection specialists from the RFB and AGT staff to exchange experiences and knowledge to improve revenue collection capacity by combating the erosion of the tax base, namely by transferring income abroad, to encourage the mobilisation of domestic revenue.
The main results, in addition to the increase in knowledge gained from the interaction between the participants from Angola and Brazil, included the consolidation of a transfer pricing risk analysis methodology and the strengthening of conditions for progress in AGT inspections.
Since its launch in 2015, the Tax Inspectors Without Borders initiative has strengthened tax administrations in developing countries, generating an additional 2.30 billion dollars in tax revenue and 6.05 billion dollars in tax assessments in 62 jurisdictions in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean.
