Historical Overview of the Caribbean Organization of Tax Administrators

Brief

COTA was established in 1971 at a meeting of the Heads of Regional Tax Administration convened in Saint Lucia when its Constitution was ratified. The Constitution was subsequently approved in October 1972 by the Standing Committee of Ministers of Finance in Trinidad & Tobago. The year 2002 therefore marks the thirty-second anniversary of the establishment of COTA.

The COTA Newsletter Issue No. 1 commenced in 1985; the COTA Newsletter was introduced to replace the COTA Quarterly Journal.

Resolution passed in The General Assembly and approved by Ministers of Finance 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.

PRESIDENT	COUNTRY	YEAR
Ms. Sabina Walcott-Denny	Barbados	2010-2012
Ms. Marilyn Ordonez	Belize	2008-2010
Mr. James Charles	Saint Lucia	2006-2008
Mr. Ehurd Cunningham	The Bahamas	2004-2006
Mr. Clive Nicholas	Jamaica	2002-2004
Ms. Alma Dougan (OBE)	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2000-2002
Ms. Sabina Walcott-Denny	Barbados	1998-2000
Mr. Trevor Brathwaite	Saint Lucia	1996-1998
Ms. Haseen Ali	Trinidad and Tobago	1994-1996
Ms. Geraldine Davis	Belize	1992-1994
Mr. Heron Edwards	Antigua and Barbuda	1990-1992
Mr. Orville Belle	Barbados	1988-1990
Ms. Alison Lewis	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1986-1988
Mr. Edgar Heyligar	Guyana	1984-1986
Ms. Mazie Distine	Jamaica	1982-1984
Mr. Vernon Harding	Montserrat	1980-1982

NO. OF MEETINGS	MEETINGS OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL	LOCATION OF MEETING
37^th	8-9 December 2011	Jamaica
36^th	3-4 May 2011	Guyana
35^th	2-3 December 2010	Belize
34^th	20-21 April 2010	Barbados
33^rd	9-10 December 2009	Dominica
32^nd	6-7 May 2009	Saint Lucia
31^st	4-5 December 2008	The Bahamas
30^th	9-10 April 2008	Barbados
29^th	28-29 November 2007	Saint Lucia
28^th	12-13 June 2007	Jamaica
27^th	4-5 December 2006	Trinidad and Tobago
26^th	11-12 April 2006	Saint Lucia
25^th	16-17 November 2005	Barbados
24^th	2-3 June 2005	Turks and Caicos Islands
23^rd	24-25 November 2004	Trinidad and Tobago
23^rd	21-22 April 2004	Belize
22^nd	12-13 November 2003	The Bahamas
21^st	21-22 May 2003	Antigua and Barbuda
20^th	17-18 December 2002	Trinidad and Tobago
19^th	24-25 April 2002	Belize
18^th	11-12 December 2001	Barbados
17^th	16-17 May 2001	Jamaica
16^th	13-14 December 2000	St. Vincent and the Grenadines
15^th	12-13 April 2000	Belize
14^th	23-24 November 1999	Jamaica
13^th	14-15 April 1999	Belize
12^th	2-3 December 1998	Barbados
11^th	30 April-1 May 1998	Trinidad and Tobago
10^th	26-27 November 1997	St. Kitts and Nevis
9^th	5-6 June 1997	Barbados
8^th	9-10 December 1996	Dominica
7^th	10-11 April 1996	Trinidad and Tobago
6^th	7-8 December 1995	Belize
5^th	14-15 March 1995	St. Kitts and Nevis
4^th	7-8 December 1994	Trinidad and Tobago
3^rd	22-23 June 1994	Barbados
2^nd	7-8 December 1993	The Bahamas
1^st	1-2 July 1993	Antigua and Barbuda
	16-17 December 1992	Belize
	22-23 June 1992	Jamaica
	16-17 September 1991	Guyana
	9-10 October 1990	Antigua and Barbuda
	7-8 November 1989	Barbados
	29-30 March 1989	Antigua and Barbuda
	21-22 April 1988	Antigua and Barbuda
	24-25 November 1987	Montserrat
	10-11 November 1986	Barbados
	29-30 May 1985	Antigua and Barbuda
	17-18 March 1983	Antigua and Barbuda
	26 July 1982	Jamaica
	31 July 1981	Montserrat