## Taxation and Domestic Revenue Mobilization

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Taxation and Domestic Revenue Mobilization](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/tdrmce26-34)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: CE 26.34
- Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Dates: October 11-15, 2026 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Arabic
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Program details and logistics
- Session No.: CE 26.34
- Deadline passed
- Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Date: October 11-15, 2026 (1 week) New dates
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: Arabic
- Target Audience:
  - Senior and middle management levels in tax policy and administration at the central government level or regional governments with decision making in taxation
  - Ministerial advisors, general directors and directors
- Qualifications:
  - Participants are expected to have a degree in the fields of economics, business administration, or law, with emphasis on public policy and its enforcement

### Course description and scope
- Taxation is presented as central to defining the state, its capacity to spend, and its role in shaping economic and social development.
- The course covers key topics in tax policy design and implementation, combining basic principles with practical and topical issues.
- Specific focal areas:
  - Trends in domestic revenue mobilization and basic design principles of the key taxes and tax procedural rules
  - How to use various concepts of policy and administration gaps to think strategically about tax policy and compliance issues
  - Good practices in enforcement and compliance, and how to use them to address fraud
  - How the legal framework of a tax system should be designed to ensure good governance and maximize transparency, accountability, and efficiency
- Practical emphasis:
  - Use of tax gaps to shape policy and administration reforms
  - Design of legal frameworks to ensure maximum transparency and clarity

### Course objectives
- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
  - Understand the key principles in tax design, from an economic, legal, and administration perspectives
  - Identify pragmatic policy and administration options to address weaknesses in tax systems
  - Understand how data analysis can help inform decision making

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/tdrmce26-34_