Kenyan tax official, James Karanja will lead the joint OECD/UN Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) initiative effective April 11, the OECD announced today.
Karanja is assistant manager of the international tax office at the Kenya Revenue Authority and has led Kenya’s compliance with the international standards of exchange of information. He has also served as chair of the African Tax Administration Forum’s Cross Border Taxation Technical Committee since 2014, leading the organization’s input into the OECD/G20 base erosion and profit shifting initiative.
The TIWB program, launched July 2015, recruits currently serving or recently retired tax officials to work alongside tax officials in developing nations on international tax audits and audit-related issues, enabling the transfer of tax audit knowledge and skills to tax administrations in developing countries.
The OECD estimates that the program has resulted in at least 185 million USD in additional revenues in African, Asian, and Latin American countries. New programs are being planned in Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Liberia, Malawi, and Nigeria.
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