INTRODUCTION
As part of the technical capacity building of tax administrations of member countries in areas of common interest as provided for in its 2022 – 2024 strategic plan, the West African Tax Administrations Forum (WATAF), in collaboration with ECOWAS Cooperation / GIZ, organised in accordance with its operational plan 2022, a training workshop which took place at the ONOMO Hotel in Lomé, Togo, from 09 to 13 May 2022.
The theme of the training workshop was: “Risk-Based Tax Auditing in the Mining Sector Using Computer-Assisted Auditing Techniques”. Facilitated by renowned experts chosen by WATAF and the ECOWAS/GIZ Cooperation, from Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and from international tax organisations such as: International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD), Tax Inspectors Without Boarders (TIWB), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals & Sustainable Development (IGF), all made presentations on various topics as relates to extractive industry taxation.