Cancelled : Virtual : Dispute Resolution and Rulings India

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Target Audience:
- Managers and senior staff responsible for the delivery of tax dispute resolution services for direct taxes.
Qualifications:
- No formal qualifications are necessary, but participants should have at least five years' experience in a tax authority.

Purpose:
- Examine international good practices in effective tax dispute resolution.
- Equip participants with an understanding of the elements of an effective tax dispute resolution process and good international practices in dispute resolution.
Emphasis:
- Importance of impartiality, independence and timeliness in resolving disputes in managing perceptions of fairness.
- Review of alternative dispute resolution techniques.
- Approaches to decrease disputation through publication of the administration's views on potentially contentious issues and the use of compliance agreements with taxpayers.
Delivery:
- Virtual workshop presented remotely by the IMF's SARTTAC office.
- Commences with a foundational discussion on the elements of a dispute resolution process.

Dispute management techniques
How to minimize disputes
Good international practices in dispute resolution including examples from tax administrations

Participants will be equipped with an understanding of:
- The elements of an effective tax dispute resolution process.
- Good international practices in dispute resolution.
Anticipated impact:
- Contribute to the ability of the national revenue authority to better conduct dispute resolution activities in the short to mid-term.

Improve participants' knowledge of good practices in tax dispute resolution, including alternative dispute resolution, to undertake dispute resolution work in their organization.
Provide an opportunity to practice this improved knowledge and reinforce learnings through workshops.