Virtual Training to Advance Revenue Administration (VITARA) - Organization

This course helps build knowledge and understanding of critical features in the organizational design of tax administrations.

This course is a joint initiative of four international organizations: Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT), Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations (IOTA), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

What you'll learn

• Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Define the concept of organizational design and explain why it is important.
• Identify the main organizational models used in the design of tax administrations and explain the advantages and disadvantages of the different models.
• Compare the roles of Headquarters and Field Operations in a tax administration’s organizational structure.
• Describe the importance of special units and functions within a tax administration’s organizational structure.
• Better understand how tax administration organizational models can be adapted to accommodate new responsibilities and roles.
• Identify critical elements and dependencies in tax administrative organizational design.