Association of African Tax Institutes
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The Association of African Tax Institutes (AATI) is an industry association whose aim is, among other things, to provide a platform of collaboration between tax professionals in Africa and to help bridge the divide between tax professionals in the countries of member bodies, their governments and taxpayers.
(WAUTI) in May 2011.
The AATI was launched during a meeting of Presidents of Taxation Institutes and Heads of Revenue Agencies in Africa held in Lagos in June 2011. Countries represented included Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, The Gambia, South Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Libya and Kenya. Sunday Jegede, president of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria
(CITN) was elected President.
Two vice-presidents were elected, one from Ghana and one from South Africa.
Representatives from Liberia and Cote D'Ivoire are respectively Honorary Treasurer and Secretary.
Sunday Jegede said the AATI would help bridge the gap between the tax system and professionals in member countries, and would encourage all African countries to establish professional bodies. These would ensure that tax practice would be conducted by skilled professionals, and would help `their governments formulate sound tax policies.
Jegede said the AATI would further economic collaboration, harmonisation and integration within the continent through the use of taxation. He described this as a veritable economic transformation tool.
The secretariat of the AATI will be in Ghana.
The association will be formally inaugurated in South Africa in October 2011 during the Annual Tax Conference of the SA Institute of Tax Practitioners (SAIT).
Formation
The decision to form the AATI followed closely on the inauguration of the West African Union of Tax InstitutesWest African Union of Tax Institutes
The West African Union of Tax Institutes is an association formed by the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria and the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Ghana with the objective of developing and promoting the taxation profession in West Africa.A nationally recognized taxation institute or...
(WAUTI) in May 2011.
The AATI was launched during a meeting of Presidents of Taxation Institutes and Heads of Revenue Agencies in Africa held in Lagos in June 2011. Countries represented included Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, The Gambia, South Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Libya and Kenya. Sunday Jegede, president of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria
Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria
The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria is a professional organization in Nigeria whose members are certified as qualified tax practitioners or administrators.-Organization:...
(CITN) was elected President.
Two vice-presidents were elected, one from Ghana and one from South Africa.
Representatives from Liberia and Cote D'Ivoire are respectively Honorary Treasurer and Secretary.
Sunday Jegede said the AATI would help bridge the gap between the tax system and professionals in member countries, and would encourage all African countries to establish professional bodies. These would ensure that tax practice would be conducted by skilled professionals, and would help `their governments formulate sound tax policies.
Jegede said the AATI would further economic collaboration, harmonisation and integration within the continent through the use of taxation. He described this as a veritable economic transformation tool.
The secretariat of the AATI will be in Ghana.
The association will be formally inaugurated in South Africa in October 2011 during the Annual Tax Conference of the SA Institute of Tax Practitioners (SAIT).