Fiscal Regimes for Mining and Petroleum

26 to 30 September 2011

Topics to be covered

• Special characteristics, opportunities and challenges presented by the resource sector
• Fiscal objectives and introduction to relevant fiscal instruments
• Evaluation of fiscal regimes and production sharing
• Royalties, income taxation & an additional progressive tax
• Fiscal stability and state participation; international tax issues
• Value-added taxation and customs duties
• Tax administration and revenue management
• Transparency and accountability

Instructors
Emil Sunley and Charles McPherson, international experts on resource taxation

Venue
Graduate Centre, Main Campus, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Fee
The tuition fee is US$1,800 per participant (and excludes transport and accommodation).

Language of Instruction
Lectures and communication will be in English only.

Interested?
Although applications from prospective participants in the private sector will be considered, preference will be given to applicants in academia and from the public sector as this course has been designed to benefit and enhance the skills of mid-level and senior level officials from Ministries of Finance and other relevant line ministries in African countries.

Please contact Claudia Bittencourt (ATI Programme Manager)
by email ([email protected]),
or telephone (+27 12 420 4553),
or fax (+27 12 420 4508) on or before 2 September 2011 for further details.