Virtual : Taxpayer Registration (TPR)

Source details

Session No.: SA 22.07 V
Location: New Delhi, India
Date: April 4-8, 2022 (1 week)
Delivery Method: Virtual Training
Primary Language: English
Target Audience: Managers and senior staff working in the Taxpayer registration area.
Qualifications: No formal qualifications are necessary, however participants should have at least five years' experience in a tax authority.

Focus: Overview of the essential elements of a high integrity registration process and register.
Core topics:
- Legal requirements of registration and supporting policies to achieve a high integrity taxpayer register.
- Design features of a good practice registration process.
- Use of technology to improve authentication and speed up processes.
- Risk and compliance strategies, including use of third-party data to identify unregistered taxpayers.
- Practical guidance and techniques to ensure register data has high integrity and is maintained.
Emphases:
- Importance of continuous learning and adapting.
- Use of smarter ways of delivering outcomes.
- Analytics, behavioral insights, segmentation as examples of smarter approaches.

Strengthen capabilities to achieve a sustainable high integrity register that is fit for purpose for participants' countries.
Build skills to:
- Deliver accurate collections and reduce likelihood of taxpayers remaining unregistered or uncontactable.
- Ensure taxpayers accurately record the tax types they have obligations for.
- Maintain high quality data that is effectively used to promote voluntary compliance and enable effective enforcement action as appropriate.
Equip participants to:
- Train their staff.
- Develop and implement approaches to improve registration processes within their organizations.
Methodology:
- Group participation leading to each participating country developing an action plan for consideration and implementation.