Noncapital project paper [: Inter-American Center of Tax Administrators]

CIAT PROVIDES EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND MEETING GROUND FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVES AND MANAGERS THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA. ONE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING AND 3 MANAGEMENT SEMINARS WILL BE HELD YEARLY. SEMINARS WILL BE DESIGNED FOR MANAGERIAL LEVEL AND WILL COVER SUCH TOPICS AS AUDITING, COLLECTION, ADP, AND TAXPAYER RELATIONS. RESULTING PAPERS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH. DISCUSSIONS ARE UNDERWAY WITH UN FOR JOINT SPONSORSHIP OF REAL PROPERTY TAX ADMINISTRATION SEMINAR IN 1972. COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF TAX ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION WILL BE EXPANDED AND IMPROVED. INFORMATION ITEMS WILL INCLUDE BOOKS, JOURNALS, OFFICIAL BULLETIN, TAX AND TAX-RELATED LEGISLATION, RESEARCH MONOGRAPHS, FILMS, AND TOPICS. DISTRIBUTION WILL BE THROUGH MONTHLY NEWSLETTER WHICH DIGESTS IMPORTANT ARTICLES AND CITES PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED DURING MONTH. CIAT"S OWN TAX JOURNAL (IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH) WILL BE ISSUED. EFFORT TO IDENTIFY EXHAUSTIVE INVENTORY OF PUBLICATIONS FOR CIAT LIBRARY WILL CONTINUE. CIAT CLEARINGHOUSE FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS PLANNED. FILING SYSTEM WILL BE IMPLEMENTED INDICATING TAX ADMINSTRATION FUNCTIONS AND TYPES OF TAX REFORMS UNDERTAKEN BY EACH COUNTRY. INFORMATION ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGENCIES AND TRAINING ORGANIZATIONS WILL ALSO BE RECORDED. CIAT EXPECTS TO DEVELOP ITS OWN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OPERATION AND TO SPONSOR EXCHANGES OF TAX SPECIALISTS. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ARE PLANNED WITH EMPHASIS UPON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICY AND TAX ADMINISTRATION. TAX CONSCIOUSNESS SURVEYS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN 3 COUNTRIES. DIRECT BENEFICIARIES ARE MEMBER COUNTRIES. OTHER DONOR IS THE INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.