Non Tax Revenue department calls for unflinching support
Authorities of the non tax revenue department has called on the support of the media in there aim to collect all non tax revenue from all MDA and Ministries ranging from internally generated funds, fines, penalties and forfeitures, rent from government lands, building and houses, fees and charges, licences, dividends and royalties.
They noted that regardless of the effort by the department to deploy staff in strategy ministries to collect these taxes they still face serious problem as many MDA and Ministries deliberately refuses to pay these monies to the NRA but used as running cost in the administration.
Counting their achievement, they noted that the amendment by an act of parliament the pharmacy board act of 2001, Hospital board act of 2003, the telecommunications commission of 2006, the fisheries development and management act of 1994 required all revenues retained by these MDA to be paid into the consolidated revenue funds but many still refused to comply. Another achievement lighted is local training courses on tax audit for collectors and the implementation of the visa stickers by the Sierra Leone foreign mission. Revealing their prospects, the non tax department noted that they will ensure that they capture off budgets revenue into the non tax revenue net and the full implementation of the work and residential permit policy effectively an efficiently so that all foreign workers in Sierra Leone are registered.
Speaking on the challenges they noted that there is still a serious problem in the collection of all off budget revenue from sensitive revenue streams like cost recovery programmes, putting an end to continuous retention of revenue collected by some MDA illegally and the regular supervision of the provincial staff in collecting the said revenue.
Further revealing plans for modernization, it was stated that in 2008 1.3 percent of the GDP was from the non tax revenue as there current concentrations are ways to expand the revenue base, minimize leakage and revenue loss, simplified, harmonized and rationalized revenue legislations, improve and enhance tax administration by computerization of operation and administrative system and the implement a robust monitoring and evaluation system.
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