{"id":11060,"date":"2013-10-21T05:22:26","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T05:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kigali-hosts-commonwealth-tax-conference\/"},"modified":"2013-10-21T05:23:47","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T05:23:47","slug":"kigali-hosts-commonwealth-tax-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kigali-hosts-commonwealth-tax-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Kigali Hosts Commonwealth Tax Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{{Kigali is Hosting a commonwealth conference on tax administration and how it can be promoted especially in the developing economies like Rwanda.}}<\/p>\n<p>The conference which started October 20 has attacted various Tax administrators from 49 member countries.<\/p>\n<p>Claver Gatete, the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning noted that Rwanda has benefited a lot from this association since 2011 in terms of capacity building, tax compliance and public accountability.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda Revenue Authority Commissioner General Ben Kagarama said the conference presents an opportunity for members to bring on board new innovative ideas that will positively impact on Rwanda\u2019s taxation policy.<\/p>\n<p>According to Drocelle Mukashyaka, the deputy Commissioner for tax payer services at RRA, experts will focus on strategies on how to tax the untapped resources especially those surrounding Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) without affecting their economic progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current issues revolving on how high net worth individuals can be taxed will also be on the agenda,\u201d Mukashyaka said.<\/p>\n<p>She further noted that the conference is a great opportunity to learn about tax administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are positioning ourselves  to benefit from this great opportunity, it\u2019s an opportunity for us as an economy which has just launched EDPRS2 with  an objective of  achieving  an 11.5 per cent growth to share those good experiences from our counterparts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>additional reporting: Newtimes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{Kigali is Hosting a commonwealth conference on tax administration and how it can be promoted especially in the developing economies like Rwanda.}} The conference which started October 20 has attacted various Tax administrators from 49 member countries. 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