During October 2010, the IMF PRO Resident Advisor's office, Mr. George Eysselein sponsored IMF Audit Advisor, Mr. Richard Teed to develop and conduct a Banking Sector Compliance Workshop for the Large Taxpayer Office.

The Head of the LTO, Ms. Elena Petrova  and the Deputy Head of General Tax Inspectorate, Ms. Slavica Kiroska co-sponsored these efforts through the selection of the following audit staff members:

• Team A: Violeta Trajcevska and Ratko Apostolovski, LTO  
• Team B: Aco Dimitrovski, LTO and Beti Jovanovic, RO Skopje
• Team C: Elizabeta Hochevar - Jankovska, LTO and Jadranka Leskarovski, RO Skopje
• Milan Aleksovski - Computer Audit Specialist in LTO

The workshop educated the LTO participants on current common international compliance issues within the banking sector. In addition, participants were tasked with the risk assessment and pre-audit analysis of a number of Macedonian banks selected for this effort. The audit teams will be conducted current year audits for six banks over the next two months, with a follow up session in January 2011 on results achieved to date.