Tax Inspectors Without Borders
| Type | Voluntary commitment by other stakeholders |
|---|---|
| Organisation | UNDP and OECD |
| Scope | Global |
| Themes | Cross-cutting areas; Domestic public resources |
Description
The OECD and UNDP are pleased to announce the worldwide launch of the Tax Inspectors Without Borders programme. Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) is a joint initiative of the OECD and UNDP designed to support developing countries to build tax audit capacity. TIWB facilitates well-targeted, specialised tax audit assistance in developing countries around the world. Under TIWB, tax audit experts work alongside local officials of developing country tax administrations on tax audit and tax audit related issues. TIWB aims to transfer technical know-how and skills to developing countries’ tax auditors, as well as share general audit practices. The host administrations of developing countries are the lead partners in TIWB programmes, clearly specifying their needs and scope of work. A dedicated central unit (TIWB Secretariat) jointly managed by OECD and UNDP operates as a clearing house to match the demand for auditing assistance with appropriate expertise. TIWB is a capacity-building programme. In Addis Ababa, the OECD and UNDP will launch the first 4 year phase of the programme.
Partners
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Targets
The TIWB programme aims to support 200 expert tax deployments between 2016 and 2019 (Phase 1).
Indicators
The TIWB programme aims to support 200 expert tax deployments between 2016 and 2019 (Phase 1). The programme will measure and evaluate the revenue increases which can be both directly and indirectly attributed to TIWB capacity-building support.
Resources
The initial phase will be accompanied by a resource mobilisation drive. Later phases may be supported (at least in part) by contributions from beneficiary governments allocating a portion of their revenue increases attributed to the programme to support other countries to benefit.
Timeframe
From October 2015 to October 2019 (Ist phase)