It's No Illusion, You Can Pay Taxes with a Smile : The Rwanda Case
In the push for tax reform, there was a twofold guiding principle: 1) to lower the cost of compliance for taxpayers, reduce the cash flow burden by allowing quarterly rather than monthly tax payments and expediting refunds, and minimize points and...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/23929135/no-illusion-can-pay-taxes-smile-rwanda-case http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22597 |
| Summary: | In the push for tax reform, there was a
twofold guiding principle: 1) to lower the cost of
compliance for taxpayers, reduce the cash flow burden by
allowing quarterly rather than monthly tax payments and
expediting refunds, and minimize points and frequency of
contact between taxpayers and the tax authority; and 2) to
safeguard government revenue by protecting collections and
reducing administrative costs. The ultimate objective was to
encourage businesses to pay taxes via a more attractive
system. Since 2008, the government of Rwanda has emphasized
Doing Business reforms to improve Rwanda s attractiveness to
local and international investors. In response, the World
Bank Group launched its investment climate reform project to
support the national reform agenda. |
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