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  "title": "RA-GAP VAT Gap Estimation Model (VGAPx)",
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  "summary": "RA-GAP VAT Gap Estimation Model Training Program Target Audience Officials in ministries of finance and revenue administrations involved in tax gap and revenue performance analysis.",
  "publishDate": "2026-02-24",
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Training program and target audience",
      "content": "- Training program: RA-GAP VAT Gap Estimation Model.\n- Session No.: OL 26.227.\n- Target audience: Officials in ministries of finance and revenue administrations involved in tax gap and revenue performance analysis.\n- Presented by: Fiscal Affairs Department."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Logistics and delivery",
      "content": "- Location: Course conducted online.\n- Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks) New dates.\n- Delivery Method: Online Training.\n- Primary Language: English.\n- Application status: Apply Now (course offers online training to government officials and the public)."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Participant qualifications and technical requirements",
      "content": "- Expected familiarity: strong familiarity with government finances, value-added tax (VAT) design, and at least an intermediate level of familiarity with national accounts.\n- Technical skills: Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills.\n- Equipment and access: access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection with a Google Chrome web browser are essential."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course description and structure",
      "content": "- Objective: provides instruction on how to prepare and execute VAT gap estimation model (VGEM) of the IMF’s Revenue Administration Gap Analysis Program (RA-GAP).\n- Modular structure: course is broken into five modules covering:\n  - an overview of the VAT gap modeling framework;\n  - using the VAT gap estimation model;\n  - measuring actual VAT;\n  - constructing the potential VAT base;\n  - running the model, interpreting the results, and troubleshooting."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course objectives (learning outcomes)",
      "content": "Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:\n- Prepare the data inputs for VGEM.\n- Produce and interpret the results from VGEM.\n- Diagnose and correct for errors that might be effecting the results."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Related IMF training offerings (listing retained as part of source content)",
      "content": "- Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS): English (French, Portuguese) | January 18-29, 2027 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius.\n- Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A): English (Arabic) | December 13-17, 2026 | In-person Training | Kuwait City, Kuwait.\n- Fiscal Sustainability (FS): English (Arabic) | November 9-20, 2026 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.\n- Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC): English (French, Portuguese) | November 9-13, 2026 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius.\n- Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC): English (Arabic) | December 7-18, 2026 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates."
    }
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    "Training program: RA-GAP VAT Gap Estimation Model.",
    "Session No.: OL 26.227.",
    "Target audience: Officials in ministries of finance and revenue administrations involved in tax gap and revenue performance analysis.",
    "Presented by: Fiscal Affairs Department.",
    "Location: Course conducted online.",
    "Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks) New dates.",
    "Delivery Method: Online Training.",
    "Primary Language: English.",
    "Application status: Apply Now (course offers online training to government officials and the public).",
    "Expected familiarity: strong familiarity with government finances, value-added tax (VAT) design, and at least an intermediate level of familiarity with national accounts.",
    "Technical skills: Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills.",
    "Equipment and access: access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection with a Google Chrome web browser are essential.",
    "Objective: provides instruction on how to prepare and execute VAT gap estimation model (VGEM) of the IMF’s Revenue Administration Gap Analysis Program (RA-GAP).",
    "Modular structure: course is broken into five modules covering:",
    "Prepare the data inputs for VGEM.",
    "Produce and interpret the results from VGEM.",
    "Diagnose and correct for errors that might be effecting the results.",
    "Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS): English (French, Portuguese) | January 18-29, 2027 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius.",
    "Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A): English (Arabic) | December 13-17, 2026 | In-person Training | Kuwait City, Kuwait.",
    "Fiscal Sustainability (FS): English (Arabic) | November 9-20, 2026 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.",
    "Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC): English (French, Portuguese) | November 9-13, 2026 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius.",
    "Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC): English (Arabic) | December 7-18, 2026 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates."
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