Welcome to the PITAA Website

The idea of a Pacific Islands Tax Administrators Association (PITAA) first emerged during a seminar organized by the Pacific Financial Technical Assitance Centre (PFTAC) in Tonga in May 2003 that was attended by the tax representatives of eight PICs. As PICTA and PACER are implemented, the representatives were concerned by the gradual shift away from a trade oriented tax system and its implication in terms of policy and administration reforms. They welcomed the opportunity, provided by PFTAC, to exchange views on these and related matters and proposed that PFTAC look in the possibility of creating a suitable body that would meet regulary.

2008 PITAA Conference

Host : Department of Customs & Inland Revenue -- Vanuatu

Venue of Meeting : Le Meridien Resort, Port Vila

Agenda

Final Communique

Keynote Addresses:
1/ Regional Opportunities to improve revenue administration in the Pacific (research outcomes, recommendations and decision) -- Margaret Cotton

2/ Matching Resources to Risk in the Pacific Environment
-- Carson Mcneill

3/ Sharing of Learnings in Tax Policy and Administration and process improvement initiatives taken by Vanuatu
-- Ben Leeshi (Director of Vanuatu Customs & IR)