## Taxpayer Registration (TPR)

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**Canonical URL:** [Taxpayer Registration (TPR)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2023/tprsa23-12)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 23.12
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: April 24-28, 2023 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Session details and logistics
- Session No.: SA 23.12
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Date: April 24-28, 2023 (1 week)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Qualifications: No formal qualifications are necessary. However, participants should have at least five years' experience in a tax authority.
- Target Audience:
  - Managers and senior staff currently working in the Taxpayer registration area or with potential to work in this area in future.
  - It is desirable the participants have exposure of working in one or more of the four pillars of compliance: registration, filing, reporting and payment.

### Course description — scope and content
- Fundamental focus:
  - Taxpayer registration and numbering as an initial step in administering taxes.
  - Compiling and maintaining a complete database of businesses and individuals required by law to register.
  - Registration and numbering underpin filing, assessment, payment, and collection processes.
- Core topics:
  - Essentials of the registration process and a high-integrity taxpayer register aligned with best international practice.
  - Legal requirements of registration and policies to build a taxpayer register with adequate information about registered persons.
  - Maintaining accuracy of the registration database.
  - Design features of a good practice registration process.
  - Use of technology to improve authentication and speed up processes.
  - Risk and compliance strategies.
  - Use of third-party data to identify unregistered taxpayers.

### Course objectives and learning outcomes
- Primary objective:
  - Build capabilities of tax officers to achieve a sustainable high-integrity taxpayer register that serves as the foundation for effective and efficient compliance management.
- Expected participant skills and outputs:
  - Ability to build and maintain a sustainable high-integrity register with high quality data.
  - Use of the register to promote voluntary compliance and enable effective enforcement action as appropriate.
  - Exposure to case studies and group participation to translate learning into practical measures.
  - Development of an action plan by participating country teams to take back for consideration and implementation.

### Instructional approach and pedagogical features
- Methodology:
  - Case studies and group participation.
  - Encouragement for country teams to develop actionable plans.
- Practical emphasis:
  - Application of technology for authentication and process speed.
  - Use of third-party data and risk-based compliance strategies to detect unregistered taxpayers.

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Fintech Market Development and Policy Implications (FINTECH)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/st/2026/fintechst26-23)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [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/sa/2023/tprsa23-12_