The Practices and Experience of Improving Tax Services and Optimizing Business Environment in Georgia:An Exclusive Interview with Mr.Levan Kakava,Head of the Revenue Service of Georgia

Business environment plays an essential role in the economic development of a country.In this connection,Mr.Levan Kakava,Head of the Revenue Service of Georgia,shares with us in this interview the practices and experience of improving tax services and optimizing business environment in Georgia in recent years.

Algeria’s Recent Reforms on Tax System and Tax Administration:An Exclusive Interview with Ms.Amel Abdellatif,General Director of Taxes,Algeria

Over the past two years,significant changes have taken place in the economic and social fields,falling within the con-cretization of the general policy advocated by the Algerian public authorities,based in particular on the principles of law and equity.In this context,taxation is a major concern of this policy,insofar as it constitutes one of the levers on which they rely to carry out the program of economic and social development,to improve the quality of life of all citizens.Ms.Amel Abdellatif,General Director of Taxes of Algeria,presented,in this interview,the main axes of the tax reform and the main measures which have been put in place in recent years.

Build up Tax Administration Capacity of Developing Countries and Inject China’s Strength into Global Tax Governance:Launch of the First China-OECD LLM Programme on Taxation

On 9 May 2022,the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD),the State Taxation Administration(STA)and the Ministry of Finance(MoF)of China and the Xiamen University(XMU)held an online ceremony to mark the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for Co-op-eration in establishing the China-OECD LLM Programme on Taxation(COTP),drawing up a blueprint for talent cultivation in international tax law among Belt and Road jurisdictions,capacity building of tax administrations of developing countries and the construction of a global tax governance system.On 15 September 2022,the launch ceremony of the COTP was held at the XMU,attended by representatives of the participating parties and the inaugural 19 stu-dents from six developing countries including China,Egypt,Myanmar and Kenya.