The South-South Sharing of Successful Tax Practices (S4TP) program together with the Capacity Building Subcommittee of the UN Committee of Experts in International Tax Cooperation arranged for 30 tax professionals to receive a free license to take one online course offered by the International Bureau for Fiscal Documentation (IBFD), a leading international provider of training on cross-border tax issues as well as independent tax research.

New Rules worked with the Coordinator of the Capacity Building Subcommittee, Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui (Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigeria) to coordinate the logistics of the nomination and enrollment process.

The nominees were given a choice of four online courses in the Tax Treaty Series -- Fundamentals of Tax Treaties; Residence; Permanent Establishments and Passive Income.

In general, response from the nominees was very positive; many people were very pleased with the opportunity to take a course and eager for the program to get underway. To date, the following twenty-three individuals have been officially granted access to the materials of the IBFD courses:

• Segametse Radibe-Michael, Principal Revenue Officer, Botswana Unified Revenue Service
• Tarek Farouk Halim Haroun, Assistant to Senior Advisor to the Minister for Tax Audit, Egyptian Ministry of Finance
• Amr Hamed Hamed Mahmoud, Researcher in International Tax Treaties Department, Egyptian Tax Authority – Ministry of Finance
• Assan Jallow, Senior Comliance and Strategy Officer, Gambia Revenue Authority
• Jacqueline Shirenya Mapesa, Revenue Officer, Kenya Revenue Authority
• Jacqueline Matara, Revenue Officer, Kenya Revenue Authority
• Clement Okello Migai, Revenue Officer, Kenya Revenue Authority
• Eric Kagira Njoroge, Senior Tax Auditor, Kenya Revenue Authority
• Babatunde Olusegun Olalekan Oduye, Deputy Director,Tax Policy (tax advisory & dispute resolution), Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigeria
• Toyin Maria Yinka Omotoye, Assistant Manager Tax, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigeria
• Suleiman Muazu, Manager, Tax Policy, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigeria
• Nurudeen Adewale Adegboyega, Manager Tax, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigeria
• Kyari Agid, Investigation of Criminal Tax Violation, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigeria
• Kabir Ismaila, Deputy Manager (Tax), Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigeria
• Pemola Govender, Operational Specialist: Audit, South African Revenue Services, South Africa
• Jaco Britz, Tax Auditor, South African Revenue Services, South Africa
• Richard Kombe Kapasa, Assistant Manager, Policy & Legislation, Zambia Revenue Authority
• Moses Shuko, Assistant Director Audit Large Taxpayer Office, Zambia Revenue Authority
• Joyce Rita Addae Kumi, Legal Advisor, Ghana Revenue Authority
• Kahima Samuel, Supervisor- Policy and Rulings, Uganda Revenue Authority
• Edward Biryetega, Supervisor Tax Audit, Uganda Revenue Authority
• Murtala Mohammed, Investigation of Criminal Tax Violation, Federal Inland Revenue Service,
• Brian Atuhairwe Mugasha, Supervisor Arrears and Objections Management- Domestic Taxes Department, Uganda Revenue Authority

Funding for the electronic course licenses was provided through the generosity of the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)'s Special Unit on South-South Cooperation (SU/SSC).

The South-South Sharing of Successful Tax Practices (S4TP) program is a joint project of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs' (UNDESA) Financing for Development Office (FFD/O) and United Nations Development Program (UNDP)'s Special Unit on South-South Cooperation (SU/SSC), implemented by New Rules for Global Finance and Tax Justice Network (TJN).