Registration

The TADAT secretariat in cooperation with IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development and edX, a non-profit online learning initiative by MIT and Harvard, created an online training course that will help experienced tax administrators become either:

1. “Trained TADAT Assessors”, who will be certified to conduct TADAT assessments in any country;
2. “TADAT Trained” , who will be able to participate in their country’s own benchmarking exercise, or be informed counterparts when their tax administration is undergoing TADAT assessment, or participate in regional peer-to-peer review.

The online course is the same for both levels, but because of the difference in the nature of expertise needed, the eligibility requirements for the two levels are slightly different. For being certified as “Trained TADAT assessor”, the person passing the exam must have experience providing technical assistance in a developing country. For being “TADAT trained” this requirement is absent, although the requirement for 5 years’ experience working on tax issues exists for both.

Eligibility and qualification requirements for Trained TADAT Assessors:

1. At least 5 years experience working on tax or revenue issues in any of the following:
   1. A national or sub-national revenue or tax authority;
   2. The ministry of finance or other government ministry or department dealing with revenue or tax issues;
   3. A university or research institution with teaching or research work on revenue or tax issues;
   4. An international or regional or bilateral development institution, working on projects related to revenue or tax or public finance reform issues;
   5. A consulting firm, tax accounting firm, or tax law firm, working on tax reform advisory service.
2. Experience in providing technical assistance in a developing country (outside of your home country)
3. University degree or equivalent professional education

Eligibility and qualification requirements for TADAT Trained:

1. At least 5 years’ experience working on tax or revenue issues in any of the following:
   1. A national or sub-national revenue or tax authority;
   2. The ministry of finance or other government ministry or department dealing with revenue or tax issues;
   3. A university or research institution with teaching or research work on revenue or tax issues;
   4. An international or regional or bilateral development institution, working on projects related to revenue or tax or public finance reform issues;
   5. A consulting firm, tax accounting firm, or tax law firm, working on tax reform advisory service.

 

In order to register, the candidate must fill in an online registration form (free of charge). They will also be asked to upload their CV and photo for identification purposes. Please note that registration is now open.

Accepted candidates, in order to access the course, will be asked to create an account with edX (www.edx.org)

The following is a tabular presentation of the requirements, obligations, and mandate for both levels of training.