Tax Administration

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The development objective of the Tax Administration Reform Project for Tajikistan is to reform the tax administration to become more efficient and effective in collecting revenue, enhance the level of voluntary compliance, and improve the quality of taxpayer services. The project has four components which build on what has been achieved so far and support each other to deliver a coherent reform program. The first component of the project is institutional development. This component will enable the Tax Committee (TC) to develop and implement clear strategic planning, and restructure field structures of tax offices to increase efficiency in the new automated environment. The second component of the project is operational development. This component will be based on re-engineered business processes to make the self assessment system work more effectively. The third component of the project is Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and system modernization. This component will upgrade the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the TC to automate routine processing of returns, calculation of taxes and desk audit, introduce automated risk management system. The fourth component of the project is Project Management and Change Management. This component will strengthen the tax committee's capacity to provide timely and quality project implementation in accordance with the World Bank guidelines.