The Kenya Revenue Authority’s (KRA) acting Commissioner General, Rispah Simiyu, will represent Kenya at the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT) Executive Council for a period of two years.
The CIAT is a non-profit organization, with members from America, Europe, Africa and Asia, which champions the modernization and adoption of technology in member countries’ tax administrations.
The executive council, which Simiyu will be joining, manages and follows up on the performance of activities, the execution of the executive secretariat budget, and outlining CIAT’s institutional strategies.
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“KRA has leveraged on the existing ties to forge, deepen and sustain strategic relations with CIAT to enhance domestic revenue mobilization and application of tax and customs procedures,” read a statement by the KRA.
Kenya has been a member of CIAT since 2006.
Some of the activities undertaken by CIAT include development of activities in the areas of international engagements in taxation, tax studies, international taxation, publications, training, technical cooperation, and information technology.