7th BRITACOF opens with focus on smart taxation and shared prosperity

DILI, 16 October 2026 (TATOLI) – The 7th Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Cooperation Forum (BRITACOF) officially opened in Jakarta, Indonesia, gathering over 300 delegates from nearly 40 jurisdictions to discuss the theme “Smart Taxation, Shared Prosperity”.

The high-level event brought together heads of tax authorities, international organization representatives, and multinational enterprise leaders to address modern tax administration challenges driven by digital transformation and artificial intelligence.

The opening ceremony featured addresses from key regional and international leaders, including Indonesia’s Director General of Taxes Bimo Wijayanto and Vice Minister of Finance Nurkholisoh Ibnu Aman.

Highlighting the significance of digital integration, Mr. Bimo Wijayanto stated in his welcome address:
“Indonesia is honored to host the 7th BRITACOF. Faced with new opportunities and challenges brought by digital transformation, all parties should build consensus, strengthen collaboration and enhance mutual trust to jointly advance smarter tax governance. Indonesia will keep improving its tax administration capacity, scale up the application of technologies including artificial intelligence, expand cooperation networks and share practical experience with all partners to deliver common progress in tax administration.”

Echoing these remarks, Vice Minister Nurkholisoh Ibnu Aman noted:
“BRITACOM serves as a vital platform for mutual learning, experience-sharing and capacity-building for tax administrations. It is expected that through regular policy dialogue, secure information exchange, joint training and expert exchanges, parties can bolster tax administration cooperation, translate consensus into actions, jointly tackle tax administration challenges stemming from the digital economy, foster a smarter, fairer and more efficient tax administration system, consolidate the foundation of public finance and create more development opportunities.”

The forum also welcomed key updates from the Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Cooperation Mechanism (BRITACOM) and the Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Capacity Enhancement Group (BRITACEG). Huang Suhua, Executive Secretary of the BRITACOM Secretariat, outlined progress achieved under successive action plans—including the Wuzhen, Nur-Sultan, and Hong Kong frameworks.

Mr. Huang Suhua remarked:
“Since BRITACOM’s inception, all parties have worked under the frameworks of the Wuzhen Action Plan (2019-2021), the Nur-Sultan Action Plan (2022-2024) and the Hong Kong Action Plan (2025-2027). A series of consensuses have been reached, and steady strides have been made in boosting tax certainty, advancing digital transformation of tax administration, improving the tax-related business environment and strengthening tax administration capacity building.”

During the event, delegates reviewed major releases, including the Tax Administration Product Portfolio (TAPP) 2.0, the Taxpayer Service Product Portfolio (TSPP) 2.0, and the BRITACOM Annual Report (2026), designed to optimize tax governance tools across participating regions.

Prior to the formal opening, the BRITACOM Council appointed Indonesia’s tax chief Bimo Wijayanto as President of the 7th BRITACOF and Chair of the BRITACOM Council, alongside vice-chairs from the United Arab Emirates and Sierra Leone.

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