In another pioneering venture of the pioneer in postgraduate management education, plans are afoot to enrol taxation officers to the fifth batch of the Master of Business Administration degree programme in Taxation (MBAT) of the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM).
Towards this initiation, an MOU was entered into between the PIM and the Inland Revenue Dept. (IRD) in 2015 and upon expiry after 6 years, a renewal of the said MOU was signed last week.
This programme has been structured to enhance the managerial and taxation administration competencies of taxation officials, as this move is envisaged to uplift the overall administration of the IRD. Since this degree programme is linked to the current promotion scheme of the IRD, the qualification will serve as a means towards the career development of the targeted officers.
Further, this specialized programme while buttressing the already acquired skills and competencies will serve as an entry-level qualification to further their academic studies in Taxation. It is, thus, a shot-in-the-arm towards their much-desired career development.
The culmination of the programme is the need to complete a project which involves identifying, analyzing as well as developing a study framework to resolve a tax-related problem, and providing a cost-benefit analysis including recommendations and a plan of action for implementation.
Thus, the programme is a fine blend of theory and practice of IRD and allied subjects.
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