Get Ready to Broaden your Expertise with VITARA: The Newest 'Information Technology and Data Management' Course is Now Open
IOTA is pleased to announce the update of the full VITARA Curriculum. The reloaded courses of the portfolio, the Overview, the FAQ document, and the recently published Reference Guides are now accessible on the dedicated VITARA e-learning page of the new IOTA web portal.
In the framework of the VITARA portfolio, we are excited to introduce the newest VITARA module on 'Information Technology and Data Management (ITD)'. This module, the 18th English module in the VITARA portfolio, is now open for IOTA member tax officials. The registration deadline is November 26th, and the module will be available from November 19th to December 10th, 2024. To register for this course, please visit the official training page of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) website where the registration takes place.
The VITARA ITD module equips heads of tax administrations and their executive leadership teams with essential information technology and data management concepts and tools. The module opens by explaining how information technology (IT) can help achieve a tax administration's goals and the role of executives in managing and overseeing IT resources. The module highlights the evolution of IT from a back-office function to a strategic driver of reforms and modernization. Among other concepts, it explores digital transformation and the automation of an integrated business process model. The module provides tools for integrating IT into reform planning and prioritising IT investments and includes broad overviews of contemporary IT operations, governance arrangements, and management practices. Building from insights into IT, the module explains how to understand, manage, and use data to improve tax administration performance. The module closes with an overview of information security.
This course is a joint initiative of four international organisations such as the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT), Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations (IOTA), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
VITARA stands for Virtual Training to Advance Revenue Administration and is a joint initiative of four organisations, Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT), Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations (IOTA), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It was launched in 2020 to develop a highly effective, globally accessible, on-demand, and free online curriculum on revenue administrative issues. The VITARA modules are introductory-level modules designed for busy professionals who wish to improve their skills in tax administration.