CATA Secretariat is located in the East Wing of Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HX, United Kingdom

CATA is the Commonwealth organisation for tax administrators

Marlborough House, the home of CATA Marlborough House, the home of CATA
It helps member countries through training programmes, technical conferences and knowledge sharing to develop effective tax administrations that promote sustainable development and good governance over the long-term.

CATA, with 46 member countries, is presently the largest organisation of tax administrators in the world.

The year 2003 marked CATA's 25th anniversary. The Association has grown steadily in membership and activities. Our aim, with the support and participation of all member countries, is to make it the most vibrant and broadly based inter-governmental tax organisation.


New President for Ghana

Professor Mills (right) with the Executive Director during the CATA conference in Accra in 2001Professor Mills (right) with the Executive Director during the CATA conference in Accra in 2001The Executive Director has sent congratulations on behalf of CATA to Professor John Atta Mills, on his recent election as the next President of Ghana. As Ghana's Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Professor Mills served as a member of CATA's Management Committee from 1991 to 1994 and was a very active and well respected supporter of CATA's programmes.


CATA Quarterly Newsletter

Click on the link below to download the latest newsletter:

Newsletter, December 2008
The Newsletter is now published in Adobe pdf format. Download the free reader here: Get Acrobat Reader


New E-learning Product Now Available

 

CATA and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) are pleased to announce the introduction of a new E-learning product – Tax Audit Fundamentals (TAF), for use by CATA members.

TAF is an interactive learning experience designed to take new auditors through each stage of conducting an audit. It may be completed entirely online, or alternatively downloaded in PDF format for offline use. An exercise is presented at the conclusion of each unit of TAF to reinforce the learning objectives. There is also a final exercise at the end of the product to enable the learner to check the level of comprehension of basic auditing attained. We encourage all users to provide feedback about TAF to the CRA through the questionnaire included as part of the product. The CRA will monitor user feedback on an ongoing basis.

To access TAF please log in to the members area and select "e-learning: Tax Audit Fundamentals".


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Initiative by New Zealand Inland Revenue to involve young people



The New Zealand Inland Revenue Department has recently developed and launched a website tailored to meet the needs of young people in the 15-19 year age group who are about to start work.  The site ( www.whatstax.govt.nz ) provides young people with information about the tax system and explains how they can apply for an IR number and establish a tax code with their employer. The site also contains other information and links to the main IR site so that as their needs become more sophisticated, they will start to use the main site. 

Contact points for funding updated


Details of the "Points of Contact" in member countries for the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Governance and Institutional Development Division have been updated. Please log in to the members area to check the revised details under "funding" and update your records accordingly.

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Future conferences

YearHostVenueDates 
 

2009

Malawi Revenue Authority

ManghochiSeptember
2010   
2011 Nigeria Federal Inland Revenue Service  

Further details will be posted as these become available.