## Press Release: IMF’s Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center Concludes Study Tour on VAT Implementation for the Afghanistan Revenue Department

_IMF News, September 12, 2014_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: September 12, 2014

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### Event summary
- Press Release No. 14/422
- Date: September 12, 2014
- Organizer: IMF’s Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center (METAC), in conjunction with the Lebanon Value Added Tax (VAT) Directorate
- Location: Beirut, Lebanon
- Contact: IMF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, Media Relations, E-mail: media@imf.org, Phone: 202-623-7100

### Participants
- A total of 23 delegates from Afghanistan participated, including management and technical staff who will be responsible for introducing the tax later this year.

### Program content and technical focus
- The program included a broad range of VAT implementation issues:
  - communication and taxpayer readiness
  - registration and compliance management
  - automated systems
  - examining potential problems in the transitional phase
- The presentation team included senior personnel involved in the 2002 VAT launch in Lebanon, who shared experience and personal insight with Afghan counterparts.

### Follow-up and next steps
- Following the study tour, METAC is continuing to actively engage with the ARD to identify additional inputs that can support the successful introduction of this important new revenue instrument.

*International Monetary Fund — Press Release No. 14/422, September 12, 2014*

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## References

- [Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the IMF](http://www.imf.org/external/country/AFG/index.htm)
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- [Inauguration of the Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center (METAC)](https://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2004/pr04224.htm)
- [IMF Technical Assistance](https://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/tech.htm)
- [IMF Regional Technical Assistance Centers](https://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/afritac.htm)
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