[1] The AATI was launched during a meeting of Presidents of Taxation Institutes and Heads of Revenue Agencies in Africa in Lagos in June 2011.
Countries represented at the founding of AATI included South Africa, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, The Gambia, Côte d'Ivoire, Libya and Kenya.
Representatives from Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire are respectively Honorary Treasurer and Secretary.
[1] Sunday Jegede said the AATI would help bridge the gap between the tax system and professionals in member countries, and would encourage all African countries to establish professional bodies.
[2] Jegede said the AATI would further economic collaboration, harmonisation and integration within the continent through the use of taxation.