Joint IMF (Fiscal Affairs Department) and TARC Conference TAX ADMINISTRATION AND TAX POLICY RESPONSES TO COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has been disrupting economies and society on a scale never witnessed before. This two-day virtual event brought together practical experience from policymakers and frontier academic research by scholars, focusing on the lessons learned from the actions taken by governments to understand the role of the tax system in responding to a shock like COVID-19.
Our speakers and panelists included some of the leading names in tax policy and administration - please see below for details (recordings of the sessions will be posted here shortly).
Full details of the conference programme are available here
For details of the participants' biographies, please see here
DAY 1: Thursday 2nd December 2021 |
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Giulia Mascagni |
The Tax Side of the Pandemic: Compliance Shifts and Funding for Recovery in Rwanda |
| Alessandro di Nola University of Konstanz |
Rescue Policies for Small Businesses in the COVID-19 Recession |
| Gabriel Tourek University of Pittsburgh |
Impacts of COVID-19 on Firms in Access to Inputs and Final sales is Likely to Impact VAT Enforcement and Revenues |
| Alexander Klemm IMF |
Pandemic and Progressivity |
| Plenary Lecture: Sir Tim Besley London School of Economics |
Plenary Lecture: State Capacity and the Role of government During a Pandemic |
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ROUND TABLE: Tax Policy During and After the Pandemic: Opportunities and Challenges |
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DAY 2: Friday 3rd December 2021 |
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| Plenary Lecture: Edward Kieswetter Commissioner, South African Revenue Services |
Tax Administration and the Pandemic: The South African Experience |
| Oyebola Okunogbe World Bank |
Opportunities and Challenges of Digitization for Tac Administration during COVID-19 |
| Matthias Kasper University of Vienna |
Audits, Audit Effectiveness and Post-Audit Compliance |
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Christos Kotsogiannis |
Do Tax Audits Have a Dynamic Impact? Evidence from Corporate Income Tax Administrative Data |
| Plenary Lecture: Rivo Reitmann Tax and Customs Board, Republic of Estonia |
Tax Administration and Digitalization: The Estonian Experience |
| Nadine Riedel University of Mȕnster |
What You Do (and What You Don't) Get When Expanding the Net - Evidence from Forced Taxpayer Registrations in South Africa |
| John Bevacqua Monash University Business School |
Reflections on 'Digital by Default' Approaches to Tax Administration in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| Plenary Lecture: Modeste Mopa Director General of Taxes, Cameroon |
Tax Administration: Opportunities and Challenges from a Cameroonian Perspective |
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ROUND TABLE: Tax Administration Policy During and After the Pandemic: Opportunities and Challenges |
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If you have any questions, please email us at tarc@exeter.ac.uk
