By Mabinty M. Kamara
The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) and Budget Advocacy Network (BAN) are set to co-host a two-day conference featuring recent research on taxation, at the Radisson Blu Mammy Yoko Hotel in Freetown.
The conference which will take place from the 7th to 8th December this year is first of its kind to be hosted in Sierra Leone according to the organizers, and will be undertaken in partnership with the National Revenue Authority and Ministry of Finance.
The conference to attract international participants will include 8 sessions on different topics of relevant to taxation and development in Sierra Leone such as domestic revenue mobilisation , taxing the informal sector and tobacco taxation, among others, and will bring together policy actors, the media and civil society activists. Presentations and a roundtable discussion among panelists will be also be held.
The conference according to the organisers is to share and increase the impact and usefulness of a research conducted by a body of researchers in Sierra Leone who have explored the impacts of taxation and tax reforms on citizens, equity, and service provision.
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