Building a prosperous future Africa from a solid base

        

Logan Wort, executive secretary of the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF), makes the case for why the international tax conference in Abuja will make a significant contribution.

From 26 to 29 September, members of African revenue authorities and tax experts from all over the world will attend the Third International Conference on Tax in Africa (or ICTA 2017) in Abuja, Nigeria. A flagship conference of the African Tax Administration Forum happening every two years, ICTA 2017 will ask delegates to deliberate over Building Strong Domestic Tax Regimes in Africa: Strengthening VAT, PIT and CIT. What is so significant about this?

Domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) is recognised as a top priority for financing development by the African Union’s Agenda 2063, the Monterrey Consensus (2003), the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the Ninth African Development Forum and the High-Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows. The implementation of the UN Agenda on meeting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the AU’s Agenda 2063, hinge on Africa’s ability to mobilise domestic resources to fund development.