Taxation and risk-based audits
2011 - Senegal
Client: International Labour Organization (ILO)
ECOPA was asked by the International Labor Organization to strengthen the enterprise data collection of Senegal’s Agence Nationale de Statistique et Démographie (ANSD). ECOPA provided recommendations to improve data collection and quality control procedures as well as enhance synergies across institutions for an efficient management of the business register.
Client: International Labour Organization (ILO)
ECOPA was asked by the International Labor Organization to strengthen the enterprise data collection of Senegal’s Agence Nationale de Statistique et Démographie (ANSD). ECOPA provided recommendations to improve data collection and quality control procedures as well as enhance synergies across institutions for an efficient management of the business register.
2011 - Senegal
Client: International Labour Organization (ILO)
ECOPA was asked by the International Labor Organization to improve the tax environment of MSMEs in Senegal. Using its standard analytical tools (including Marginal Effective Tax Rates) as well as its international experience of business taxation, ECOPA provided practical recommendations to simplify and improve the taxation of MSMEs.
Client: International Labour Organization (ILO)
ECOPA was asked by the International Labor Organization to improve the tax environment of MSMEs in Senegal. Using its standard analytical tools (including Marginal Effective Tax Rates) as well as its international experience of business taxation, ECOPA provided practical recommendations to simplify and improve the taxation of MSMEs.
2010 - Vietnam
Clients: The World Bank/IFC
IFC asked ECOPA to assist the General Department of Taxation of Vietnam (GDT) to enhance its audit system. ECOPA has developed and calibrated a scoring system that explicitly links taxpayer risk with individual characteristics. This scoring system is planned to become the basis of the GDT's audit strategy.
Clients: The World Bank/IFC
IFC asked ECOPA to assist the General Department of Taxation of Vietnam (GDT) to enhance its audit system. ECOPA has developed and calibrated a scoring system that explicitly links taxpayer risk with individual characteristics. This scoring system is planned to become the basis of the GDT's audit strategy.
2010 - Yemen
Client: Apex Consulting
The overall objective of this mission was to design a risk-based audit strategy for the Tax Administration of Yemen (TAY). This was done through the development of an state-of-the-art econometric model identifying top risk predictors. Although the assignment focused on business taxation, the model and scorecards provided are designed so that they can be expanded to personal taxation at a later stage.
Client: Apex Consulting
The overall objective of this mission was to design a risk-based audit strategy for the Tax Administration of Yemen (TAY). This was done through the development of an state-of-the-art econometric model identifying top risk predictors. Although the assignment focused on business taxation, the model and scorecards provided are designed so that they can be expanded to personal taxation at a later stage.
2009 - Togo
Client: The World Bank
ECOPA conducted a study of these two draft laws as part of an analysis of business taxation in Togo using Marginal Effective Tax Rates. Strategic recommendations on the texts and their harmonization with the general tax reform were provided.
Client: The World Bank
ECOPA conducted a study of these two draft laws as part of an analysis of business taxation in Togo using Marginal Effective Tax Rates. Strategic recommendations on the texts and their harmonization with the general tax reform were provided.
2009 - Mauritania
Client: The World Bank
ECOPA assisted the World Bank in the finalization of Mauritania's Country Economic Memorandum, focusing on business taxation and the informal sector. Recommendations were provided on tax simplification and institutional strengthening in the tax administration.
Client: The World Bank
ECOPA assisted the World Bank in the finalization of Mauritania's Country Economic Memorandum, focusing on business taxation and the informal sector. Recommendations were provided on tax simplification and institutional strengthening in the tax administration.
2009 - METRs in the West African Economic and Monetary Union
Client: The WAEMU Commission
For the WAEMU Commission, ECOPA analysed business taxation in the region, with METRs for each country and each tax regime. Recommendations were provided on business taxation strategy in the WAEMU.
Client: The WAEMU Commission
For the WAEMU Commission, ECOPA analysed business taxation in the region, with METRs for each country and each tax regime. Recommendations were provided on business taxation strategy in the WAEMU.
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