By Our Reporter
The Lake Victoria Serena Hotel in Entebbe will play host to the 2nd annual tax symposium come the 4th of May 2016. The 3 day event which ends on the 6th of May is themed ‘Trends in International Taxation: An African Perspective’. Drawing together professionals from all over the continent, the symposium aims at analyzing the most pertinent international tax issues of the day and to place them within the African context.
Building on the success of the inaugural event, this year’s focus will be on today’s burning tax issues such as the post Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) landscape, aggressive tax planning, transfer pricing and challenges impacting particular industries and transactions.
These topics will be brought to life by a rich selection of renowned experts including Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner General Doris Akol. There will also be a wide range of speakers from tax practice, industry, revenue authorities and academia.
The Africa Tax Symposium is an initiative of the IBFD Centre for Studies in African Taxation (CSAT), a think tank devoted to the study and development of African taxation. Through this seminar, CSAT aims to contribute to deeper and more analytical knowledge of international tax across the continent.
CSAT also sponsors research into areas of tax policy relevant to particular sectors in Africa. One way of effecting this is by means of ‘CSAT scholarships’ under which qualifying researchers receive sponsorship for pertinent research work. CSAT has just concluded arrangements for several such scholarships and full details will be unveiled during the event.
