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
Mr. Clive Nicholas	Jamaica	2003
Ms. Alma Dougan (OBE)	St. Vincent & The Grenadines	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
--	Antigua and Barbuda	1990-1992
Mr. Orville Belle	Barbados	1988-1990
Ms. Alison Lewis	St. Vincent & The Grenadines	1986-1988
Mr. Edgar Heyliger	Guyana	1984-1986
Ms. Mazie Distine	Jamaica	1982-1984
Mr. Vernon Harding	Montserrat	1980-1982

 

MEETINGS OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL	LOCATION OF MEETING
11-12 December 2001	Barbados
16-17 May 2001	Jamaica
13-14 December 2000	St. Vincent and The Grenadines
12-13 April 2000	Belize
23-24 November 1999	Jamaica
15-16 April 1999	Belize
2-3 December 1998	Barbados
30 April-1 May 1998	Trinidad and Tobago
5-6 June 1997	Barbados
9-10 December 1996	Dominica
10-11 April 1996	Trinidad and Tobago
7-8 December 1995	Belize
14-15 March 1995	St. Kitts and Nevis
7-8 December 1993	The Bahamas
1-2 July 1993	St. Kitts and Nevis
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