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Dear readers,
It is my great pleasure to present to you a special edition of
IOTA’s magazine, the Tax Tribune. This 34th edition marks
our organisation’s 20 year anniversary. On this important
occasion we took the opportunity to ask some of our
members and partners to express their views and opinions
about IOTA’s past 20 years and also about its future. This
edition contains interviews instead of articles.

We have asked the same six questions to a few senior executives of IOTA tax
administrations and the same four questions to some of IOTA’s international
partners. Our aim was to learn about their IOTA experience; how they see IOTA’s
contribution to their organisation in the past and how IOTA could give more in the
coming years. IOTA’s senior executives have also been asked about their experience
in their own administrations; what has been the most important achievement, result
or most remarkable project in the past 20 years and what is the most significant
challenge they are facing today. We have also requested the longest serving IOTA
Principal Contact Persons (PCPs) share their views and memories with us. IOTA has a
PCP in every member tax administration, and they play an important coordination
role between the IOTA Secretariat and the home administration.

I would like to express my gratitude to everyone that was interviewed for their kind
answers, for devoting time to reply to the questions that are so important for us, and
for IOTA. It is crucial for us to know what was good in the past, what is worth
continuing and what needs to change. We are celebrating an anniversary, and also
taking an opportunity to speak about the future, as well as commemorating past
events and achievements.

IOTA has gone through tremendous changes during these 20 years - from seven
members to 46 members today. I am convinced IOTA will go through even bigger
changes in the next 20 years, not in terms of size of membership but in terms of how
we work and serve our members and cooperate with partnering organisations. After

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