## VITARA - Information Technology and Data Management

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [VITARA - Information Technology and Data Management](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/vitara-itdol26-222)

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- [Markdown version](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/vitara-itdol26-222/index.md)
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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 26.222
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Apply online by April 1, 2027 Deadline extended

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### Target audience
- Heads of tax administrations and their executive leadership teams.
- Other tax administration staff with an interest in the subject matter.

### Course description — scope and structure
- Explains how information technology (IT) can help achieve a tax administration's goals and the role of executives in managing and overseeing IT resources.
- Highlights the evolution of IT from a back-office function to a strategic driver of reforms and modernization.
- Explores digital transformation and the automation of an integrated business process model.
- Provides tools for integrating IT into reform planning and prioritizing IT investments.
- Includes broad overviews of contemporary IT operations, governance arrangements, and management practices.
- Builds from IT insights to explain how to understand, manage, and use data to improve tax administration performance.
- Closes with an overview of information security.

### Course objectives — expected competencies on completion
- Explain why IT is important in tax administration and how it can help to achieve goals.
- Recognize practical concepts and tools to help shape IT strategies and deliver reforms.
- Identify modern digital principles and important features of digital tax administration.
- Define aspects of tax administration IT governance and key IT management practices.
- Recognize the importance of data in tax administration and data management practices.
- Describe information security concepts, typical challenges, and mitigation measures.

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## References

- [Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Apply Now](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.222E)
- [Financial Development and Financial Inclusion (FDFI)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/fdfiat26-24)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/vitara-itdol26-222_