State Tax Service plans to renew cooperation with the US Treasury Office of Technical Assistance in October
State Tax Service of Ukraine plans to renew cooperation with the US Treasury Office of Technical Assistance in October. This question was discussed during the online meeting by acting Head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine Lesia Karnaukh and specialists of the Office.
“As of today, we seek not only to renew, but also to strengthen our cooperation. During the online meeting, we discussed with experts from the Office of Technical Assistance how we will move forward so that changes become even more tangible. We will update the plan of our joint work, taking into account not only previous results, but also existing cooperation areas with the International Monetary Fund, European Union, as well as projects with the tax services of Finland and Estonia” – said Lesia Karnaukh.
Among the key areas of the new cooperation period:
- introduction of system for assessing efficiency of tax authorities according to the international TADAT methodology;
- introduction of the risk management system;
- improving approaches to tax administration, particularly income tax.
Active phase of the new cooperation is planned to begin in October. Before that, we will update and finalize joint action plan.
“I am grateful to the US Treasury OTA team. Such assistance means implementation and introduction of specific changes” – emphasized acting Head of the State Tax Service.
The U.S. Treasury Office of Technical Assistance has been supporting the State Tax Service in developing effective tax administration for almost 10 years. OTA implements projects in many countries around the world.
Due to support of international experts, the State Tax Service already has concrete partnership results:
- change management and project management have been implemented;
- CRM is being introduced in control and audit activities, analytical approaches and audit quality are being improved;
- tax debt management concept;
- strengthening anti-corruption measures;
- transfer pricing and introduction of controlled foreign companies.
