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NFTR Gambia chapter prepares for Stakeholder forum on taxation

Oct 25, 2019, 12:15 PM | Article By: Fatou Dem

Tuesday  22 October 2019 Issue

Network of Financial and Tax Reporters (NFTR) Gambia chapter; a new association that was created to promote, educate, and sensitise Gambians on the essence of voluntary tax compliance, will host its 3rd engagement forum  with stakeholders, including Tax Authority and the media.

The forum, coming on 2nd November, will bring all actors from The Gambia Bankers Association, the private sector, taxpayers, Gambia Revenue Authority, UTG students and the media to discuss the importance of tax payment.

 President of the Network, Abdoulie Nyockeh said the forum targets twenty financial and tax reporters, ten business community, five tax authority officials, five financial institutions, five representatives from the private sector and five from the government representative.

He said one of their objectives is to ensure that there is transparency and accountability in tax payment.