GENERAL REPORT
TRAINING WORKSHOP ON RISK-BASED AUDITING IN THE
MINING SECTOR USING COMPUTER ASSISTED AUDIT
TECHNIQUES (CAAT)

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.