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The revenue administration work plan for
FY2011 has been developed to respond to
METAC member tax administrations’ needs,
and to follow up on the work done in FY2010.
The planned activities have been aligned with
the FAD strategies for member countries, and
have been harmonized with FAD’s TA
delivery.
The proposed work plan also reflects the TA
strategy of METAC for Phase III (2010-2015)
as laid out in the program document. It
focuses on key tax administration reform
areas: self-assessment, compliance
management, taxpayer segmentation,
operations’ streamlining, risk-based audit, and
organizational structure.
C. Revenue Administration
The planned TA will cover:
Strengthening the LTO and MTOs operations in Libya, Sudan, and Yemen;
Supporting the establishment of MTOs in Syria;
Strengthening collection operations and arrears management in Jordan and Lebanon;
Supporting the business process reengineering and the implementation of integrated
automated systems in Sudan and Syria;
Strengthening the central taxpayer database in Sudan and Syria;
Strengthening compliance management and risk-based audit in Sudan;
Supporting the preparations for the introduction of self-assessment and VAT in Syria;
Reviewing tax and customs operations in Egypt;
Supporting the establishment of an integrated tax administration in Egypt and Lebanon; and
Enhancing the skills of local staff in specific tax modernization areas in Afghanistan and
Iraq.
In FY2011, METAC will deliver its first TA in the area of customs administration.
Notwithstanding the considerable needs in tax administration reforms, customs modernization is
also a keystone of the revenue reform strategy; disparities in the performances of both tax and
customs administrations will hinder the achievements of a number of initiatives such as VAT
implementation. Consequently, METAC will initiate a customs administration activity in Egypt
in FY2011, and will extend its support in this area to other member countries in the future.