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\"\"<\/a>The African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF), a group of tax expects in Africa will be meeting in Balaclava, Mauritius next week, to discuss ways of bringing sanity into the financial sector on the\u00a0 African continent.<\/p>\n

Under the theme \u201cThe International and Domestic Aspects of Tax Fraud, Evasion and Avoidance,\u201d the meeting will take place from July 25 to 27, 2011.<\/p>\n

The meeting, which is ATAF\u2019s first General Assembly, \u201cwill focus on illicit financial flows, tax evasion and tax avoidance among other issues,\u201d according a press release issued and copied to ghanabusinessnews.com from its Secretariat in Pretoria, South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cIllicit financial flows from the least developed countries have increased from $9.7 billion in 1990 to $26.3 billion in 2008, implying an inflation-adjusted rate of increase of 6.2% per annum,\u201d said ATAF citing a study commissioned by the United Nations (UN).<\/p>\n

During meeting deliberations, it will also discuss the distinctions between tax havens and genuine attempts to offer tax incentives for attracting foreign investments to stimulate economic national development.<\/p>\n

ATAF, launched in Kampala, Uganda November 2009, is to provide a platform for African tax administrators to address common tax policy matters and capacity building initiatives to support social and economic development.<\/p>\n

It has 34 member revenue agencies from various African countries including Ghana.<\/p>\n

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By Ekow Quandzie<\/p>\n

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