South Africa To Help South Sudan Establish A National Revenue Authority
The Finance and Economic Development Deputy Minister Dr. Marial Awou has announced that the South African government is ready to support South Sudan establish a National Revenue Authority to boost revenue collections in the new nation. 25 March 2013 The Finance and Economic Development Deputy Minister Dr. Marial Awou speaking to th media in Juba. [Juma John Stephen] By Juma John Stephen JUBA, 25 March 2013 (Gurtong) – “The process is to set up a National Revenue Authority in the Republic of South Sudan, and so we went to share the experiences of South Africa and the neighbouring countries in setting up the revenue authority,” Marial said. “The National Revenue Authority of South Africa has promised to assist in the area of training of staff, of taxation and customs and also assisting in advising on how to set up and how to manage and generate revenue from taxes and customs,” he said. According to Marial the six-man team also discussed with the Development Bank of South African on how to provide funds for development projects in South Sudan including visiting the Industrial Development Cooperation of South African. “They promised that should we need any other assistance they are ready to meet with us, and advice us on the best ways of establishing a National Revenue Authority,” said Awou. “The time is right for setting up a National Revenue Authority [in South Sudan] after seeing what was happening at the boarders. We are convinced beyond any reasonable doubt that the only way of controlling, generating and administering our revenue is to have an independent body completely different from the government that are able to manage the revenue of the nation,” he added. The Deputy Minister was speaking to the media after arriving from South Africa. Posted in: Home, Business, Governance, Foreign Aid/Assistance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
