Stênio Ribeiro
Reporter - Agencia Brasil

Brasilia – The Secretary of the Federal Revenue and Customs Secretariat, Jorge Rachid, starting this Wednesday (5), will head the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT), which is formed by the tax offices of 36 countries, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Spain, France, Holland, Argentina, and Brazil.

According to the Secretariat’s Press Service, approximately 300 representatives of CIAT member countries will gather next week, April 3-6, in the city of Florianopolis, South region of Brazil, for the 40th CIAT General Assembly.

Organized by the Brazilian Federal Revenue and Customs Secretariat and the State Secretariat of Finance, the event has the objective to discuss efficient measures to improve management of the world’s institutions of tax collection. The event main theme is "Potential collection as a goal of tax administration."

According to the meeting organizers, some international organisms, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) may send observers, as done in previous assemblies.

Translation: Andréa Alves