Strengthening Collaboration Between Tax Authorities and AML Authorities for Enhanced Revenue Enforcement and Financial Crimes Investigations

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Target audience:
- Officials from financial intelligence units (FIUs)
- Law enforcement specializing in financial crime
- Tax inspectors and investigators seeking a deeper understanding of the interconnection between national anti-money laundering (AML) frameworks and tax frameworks
Qualifications:
- Participants should have at least five years of experience in tax inspectors/investigations, financial crime intelligence analysis or financial crime investigations

Purpose:
- Highlight the value of tax information for FIUs and law enforcement agencies
- Highlight the importance of financial intelligence and investigatory methods for tax authorities
- Promote effective inter-agency collaboration to improve tax compliance, enforcement, and detection and investigation of financial crimes
Upon completion participants should be able to:
- Understand the synergies and interconnectivity between national tax and AML frameworks
- Identify and assess how these synergies are currently being leveraged in their jurisdiction
- Assess the risks posed by tax crimes and associated money laundering in their jurisdictions
- Develop recommendations and proposals for improving national frameworks and the co-ordination and collaboration between tax authorities and AML authorities

Peer-to-peer discussions focused on:
- Enhancing the understanding of tax evasion and related money laundering risks and developing national strategies to mitigate those risks
- Identifying potential barriers to co-operation and information sharing
- Implementing operational measures to maximize co-operation and collaboration
- Exploring key aspects of tax policy that can influence money laundering risks, including:
- voluntary tax compliance programs
- collection of beneficial ownership information
- tax information databases
- identification numbers
- international tax information exchange arrangements
Participant contributions:
- Participants will prepare and present short presentations on their national frameworks and reforms in these areas

Strengthened mechanisms for information sharing between tax authorities and AML authorities to enhance revenue enforcement and financial crime investigations
Practical recommendations and proposals for national strategies and operational measures to:
- Mitigate tax evasion and associated money laundering risks
- Overcome barriers to inter-agency cooperation
- Leverage tax policy design (e.g., beneficial ownership, identification systems, exchange arrangements) to reduce money laundering vulnerabilities