OREANDA-NEWS. June 27, 2008. Seminar "Property and personal income taxation: French experience and its application possibilities in further reforms of tax policy and administration in Uzbekistan" took place in the conference hall of Dedeman Silk Road Tashkent hotel, reported the Official website www.investuzbekistan.uz.

The event was organized by French Agency for International Technical Cooperation (ADETEF) and joint "Public Finance Reform in Uzbekistan" Project of Ministry of Finance and United Nations Development Programme in Uzbekistan.

The purpose of the seminar was to sensitize participants on features of property and personal income taxation, issues of administering these taxes and perspectives of tax reform in Uzbekistan. Representatives of the Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Finance, State Tax Committee, Ministry of Justice, experts in the field of taxation, as well as faculty of higher educational institutions participated in the seminar.

The seminar was conducted by international expert Josiane Gerbel, Senior tax administration advisor of the Ministry Finance of France. Josiane Gerbel has thirty years of experience working in tax administration of France, specializing in income and property translation, desk audits and personnel training for the tax service. She has a vast background in fiscal technical assistance programs implementation in Russia, Eastern European Countries and the Arab World.

The tax system of France is a source of positive reform experience for Uzbekistan, as it is characterized by effective tax regulation and stability of tax legislation.

In the course of the seminar the issues of tax returns on personal income tax, income tax schedule, income tax calculation, special terms and regimes, control over correctness of income tax assessment and payment were discussed. Participants were also sensitized on private property taxation and its place in structure of local budget revenues, tax rates for different types of property, as well as approaches to performing proper property evaluation for tax purposes.

Seminar participants were particularly interested in income tax assessment, including size and age structure of families and social deductions of education expenses from the taxable base. In the seminar were also discussed recommendations provided in the Report on "Improvement of Payroll Taxation", which is being developed within the framework of the UNDP "Public Finance Reform in Uzbekistan" Project.

At the end of the seminar, Josiane Gerbel presented practical recommendations on further improvement of tax legislation and tax system in Uzbekistan. During the seminar new approaches for tax system reform were highlighted and presented experience will contribute for capacity building in the field of further improvement of individuals' income taxation in Uzbekistan.