Many tax administrations are digitizing their interaction with enterprises, reshaping digital filing and reporting requirements and digitizing their audit techniques. However, the challenges of disruption in the tax world are becoming more and more evident. Fast-paced and inconsistently designed changes to the tax policies and the administration processes are issues that are affecting taxpayers especially hard as they struggle to keep up with it. The problem is largely due to the improper use of innovative digital technologies in the field of tax administration.

Why is the ‘Digital Transformation of Tax Administration’ course so pertinent in today’s world? The more organizations that go digital, the higher the clear similarities with the base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project. Tax authority digitalization seeks to crack down on evasion and fraud.

This Digital Transformation of Tax Administration training course will empower you with insight into digital transformation initiatives in a tax administration context, allowing participants to learn about the innovative projects and tools that are already being used, including cutting-edge technological solutions such as data analytics models, electronic invoicing, online services, machine learning and VAT risk management.

Participants will be able to do the following upon successfully completing the course:

• Evaluate the possibility of obtaining tax information electronically
• Think about integration with other data sources internal or external to the tax agency
• Enable improvements in the processing time and improve compliance and transparency
• Learn how build a 360-degree view of the taxpayer
• Consider integrating with advanced analytics for detection of anomalies to all data collected
• Recognize the importance of case selection and case management
• Using predictive analytics to identify defaulters based upon different data sources

This course is targeted at:

• Accountants
• Tax advisers
• General tax practitioners
• Tax practitioners in advisory firms
• Tax specialists in commercial and trade industries
• Government officials
• In-house tax directors/managers
• Tax regulation bodies

• Pressure Outside-In
• Embracing Technology
• Altering the Dimensions of Work
• Changing Established Processes
• Rethinking Resourcing
• Assessing Organizational Maturity
• Mapping the Way Forward
• Let the Modernizing Begin