Joint IOTA-OECD trainings took place on the collection and use of data for the International Survey on Revenue Administration (ISORA) last week in Budapest. The workshops provided guidance to participating tax administrations and prepared them to report comparative data of a high quality for the ISORA 2018 survey that will be launched mid-May 2018.
A pre-event training was offered via a 45-minute instruction video recorded by representatives from the OECD and IOTA on the access and use of ISORA 2016 data available on the joint CIAT/IMF/OECD and the IOTA-TIP portals. At the workshops in Budapest, 55 participants from 37 countries, mainly ISORA country coordinators, also learnt how to use the IOTA-TIP data platform and its functionalities and how it helps IOTA member tax administrations to measure, compare and benchmark their performance. The IOTA-TIP data platform facilitates cross-country comparisons and analyses and enables participating IOTA member tax administrations to take high level management decisions to improve their tax administration and processes and find appropriate solutions for underperformance in particular areas.
The trainings also helped participants experience the digital shift in tax administrations and the possibilities of ISORA-TIP in a wider context. The events also gave inspiration to participants how to promote ISORA-TIP in their home administrations and how to communicate the advantages, the results and the importance of contributing to the next survey. Participants will stay in touch as a network of ISORA coordinators will be established.
The trainings were delivered by Mr Wolfgang Büttner from IOTA Secretariat, by Mr Oliver Petzold from OECD FTA and by Mr Vegard Holmedahl from the Norwegian Tax Administration. Mr Holmedahl will join the IOTA Secretariat in June this year as a project-based seconded tax expert focusing on ISORA-TIP.
Further information about the IOTA-TIP portal is available here.
Photo (from left to right): Wolfgang Büttner, Oliver Petzold, Vegard Holmedahl
