The events will bring together representatives of CARICOM Member Administrations as well as regional and international partners to examine the future of tax administration in an increasingly digital and data-driven world
CARICOM Secretariat | Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana | Wednesday, 15 July 2026: Tax administrators and revenue management experts will gather in Georgetown, Guyana, later this month for the 27th General Assembly and Technical Conference of the Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators (COTA).
The events will bring together representatives of CARICOM Member Administrations as well as regional and international partners to examine the future of tax administration in an increasingly digital and data-driven world.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), one of the 24 Member Administrations of COTA, will host the General Assembly and Technical Conference from 27-31 July which will be held under the theme ‘Future-Ready CARICOM Tax Administration – Smart, Data-Driven and AI-Enabled for Sustainable Revenue’.
Matters for discussion at the Technical Conference include how technology, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence can strengthen tax administration, improve compliance, enhance taxpayer services, and support efficient and sustainable revenue mobilisation across the Community.
A High-Level Regional Meeting on Tax and Development, which will be held in collaboration with the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and other regional and international partners in the taxation arena, will also be held during the week.
That meeting will provide a strategic forum for dialogue on opportunities and challenges confronting CARICOM economies and their tax systems in an evolving global tax landscape.
The staging of the COTA 27th General Assembly and Technical Conference, reinforces a shared commitment to build resilient, efficient and future-ready tax administrations that can support sustainable development throughout the Caribbean Community.
About COTA:
The Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators (COTA) is an institution which assists in functional cooperation of the Caribbean Community. Its goal is to support and develop efficient tax administrations in the Region through training, dialogue and harmonised practices. It was established in 1971 at a meeting of the Heads of Regional Tax Administrations convened in Saint Lucia when its Constitution was ratified. The Constitution was subsequently approved by the Standing Committee of Ministers of Finance in Trinidad and Tobago.
The recommendation for the establishment of the Organisation, and an amended Constitution were accepted by the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth Caribbean Countries at their Seventh Conference in October 1972.
By a Resolution passed in the General Assembly and approved by Ministers of Finance in 1983, the Constitution was amended to provide for Assemblies to be convened biennially and to increase the membership of the Executive Council from a President and three Members to a President and four Members. The COTA Work Programme is executed under the auspices of the CARICOM Secretariat through the COTA Executive Secretary, who advises the CARICOM Secretary-General on Tax Administration.
COTA comprises Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Dominica, French Guiana, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands and Sint Maarten.
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