Azerbaijan`s Taxes Ministry is about to hold an attestation of the officers of the Tax Service of the country starting from October 2006, Faig Shakhbazov, Azerbaijan Taxes Ministry`s Staff Policy and Retraining Department told journalists during the press-conference today, Trend reports. According to him, this issue was initiated by Deputy Azerbaijan Tax Minister Asaf Asadov.
It is for the first time when the testing of the tax officers will be held online. The innovation is the fact that the officers of the Tax Service will answer questions not leaving their working seats. Totally about 2000 questions have been prepared. Within a hour, each tested tax officer must answer a certain number of them.
The necessity in the holding of the attestation lies in the necessity of the revelation of the officers` potential, and the determination of the rating balls (points) of each officer. The rating ball will be considered during the employee`s promotion and the conferring of the rank to him, pointed out Mr. Shakhbazov.
At present, 2049 people are the officers of the Tax Service of the country. 40 seats are vacant now. 680 tax officers out of the total number work in the capital, the other ones work in the regional tax departments.