By Caribbean News Global 
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Tax administrators and revenue management experts will gather in Georgetown, Guyana, later this month for the 27th General Assembly and Technical Conference of the Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators (COTA).
Senior minister within the office of the president of Guyana with responsibility for finance, Dr Ashni Singh, will be the featured speaker.
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) secretary-general, Dr. Carla Barnett will deliver remarks at the opening session at the AC Hotel by Marriott, Guyana, where tax administrators and revenue management experts in CARICOM will gather for five -days of deliberations.
The event will bring together representatives of CARICOM member administrations as well as regional and international partners to examine the future of tax administration in an increasingly digital and data-driven world.
The General Assembly and Technical Conference will be hosted collaboratively by the CARICOM Secretariat and the Guyana Revenue Authority. The theme is ‘Future-Ready CARICOM Tax Administration – Smart, Data-Driven and AI-Enabled for Sustainable Revenue’. GRA Commissioner General, Godfrey Statia, will deliver the keynote address at the beginning of the technical sessions immediately after the opening.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), one of the 24 member administrations of COTA, will host the General Assembly and Technical Conference from 27-31 July which will be held under the theme ‘Future-Ready CARICOM Tax Administration – Smart, Data-Driven and AI-Enabled for Sustainable Revenue.’
A high-level regional meeting on tax and development, will be held in collaboration with the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and other regional and international partners in the taxation arena, will also be held during the week.
Matters for discussion at the Technical Conference include how technology, advanced analytics and artificial intelligence can strengthen tax administration, improve compliance, enhance taxpayer services, and support efficient and sustainable revenue mobilisation across the Community.
That meeting will provide a strategic forum for dialogue on opportunities and challenges confronting CARICOM economies and their tax systems in an evolving global tax landscape.
Participants will explore topics including how technology, advanced analytics and artificial intelligence can strengthen tax administration, improve compliance, enhance taxpayer services, and support efficient and sustainable revenue mobilisation across the Community.
The staging of the COTA 27th General Assembly and Technical Conference, reinforces a shared commitment to build resilient, efficient and future-ready tax administrations that can support sustainable development throughout the Caribbean Community.
Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators (COTA)
COTA was established in 1971 at a meeting of the heads of regional tax administration convened in Saint Lucia when its Constitution was ratified. The Constitution was subsequently approved in October 1972 by the standing committee of ministers of finance in Trinidad and Tobago. The year 2002, therefore, marks the thirty-second anniversary of the establishment of COTA.
The COTA Newsletter Issue No. 1 commenced in 1985; the COTA Newsletter was introduced to replace the COTA Quarterly Journal.
Resolution passed in The General Assembly and approved by ministers of finance 1983, the Constitution was amended to provide for Assemblies to be convened biennially and to increase the membership of the Executive Council from a President and three members to a president and four members.