Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Seminar on “Off-site control and risk analysis by means of software product” was held in the conference hall of “Youth Center” in Andijan on 13 November 2009. The seminar was held for the State Tax Administration and Tax Inspections of Andijan region, and was hosted by International Finance Corporation, UNDP Public Finance Reform in Uzbekistan Project, and the State Tax Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

This year, series of seminars aimed at raising skills and enhancing the capacities of regional tax officers on issues of introduction the new approaches in tax administration, issues of implementation of provisions on off-site control and conducting the analysis of tax and financial reporting were already successfully conducted in Andijan. The obtained knowledge and skills have enhanced the effectiveness of tax control, as well as built knowledge and skills for rendering quality consultations for taxpayers on calculation and payment of taxes.

Along with a comprehensive interpretation of the norms and provisions of the newly adopted Tax Code and other legislative acts related to off-site control, and explanation of changes in the tax administration system, it is necessary to thoroughly relate to their concurrence with other legislative documents, including principles of financial analysis. Apart from that, an introduction of the latest technology allowing for effective and reliable activity of tax officials is of a high necessity, which was also obvious from the results of the evaluation questionnaire conducted at the end of the previous seminars. The participants particularly noted that in order to perform an effective off-site control activity, it is necessary to modernize lower level units of tax authority, and initiate respective trainings prior to the introduction of innovations in the area of tax administration. Besides, the tax officials pointed out that prior to the full-scale introduction of newly developed software products on off-site control and risk analysis, there is a need for piloting of software products on the grounds of one or several tax administrative units.

In addition, in order to minimize labor and financial costs, as well as to lower the probability of mistakes and limit the impact of human-factor on the off-site control and risk analysis activity, it is crucial to computerize the process. To this end, the Project’s experts have prepared a technical assignment involving the design of software package on off-site control and risk analysis. Scientific and Information Center for New Technologies (SICNT) under the State Tax Committee (STC) was contracted for the development of the software, which is currently being piloted at three district tax inspections of Tashkent.

It is necessary to note, that in order for the participants of the seminar to achieve the desired combination of theoretical knowledge and practical skills, as well as to ensure their further ability to utilize the acquired knowledge in their daily activities, this time in Andijan the seminar was conducted on the ways to perform the off-site control and risk analysis by means of software product developed based on the request of STC. The seminar was held by the representative of SICNT, who possess both theoretical and practical experience in the spheres of taxation, and tax administration. Specialists and inspectors of State Tax Department and Tax Inspections of Andijan region participated at the seminar.

The instructor paid a particular attention to the applied work with the software program, which is designed to allow the State Tax Committee staff to fulfill timely delivery of accounting and financial reporting, verification of the fixed rates and validity of the established tax remissions, verification of the compliance to the revision procedures, as well as monitoring of the validity of tax accounting procedures and publication of data.