South Sudan said on Monday that it will o leverage on technology in order to boost its tax revenues.
Chol Paul Kur Commissioner of Domestic Tax Department South Sudan Revenue Authority said in Nairobi that digital tools will help to simplify and streamline the tax system for both tax payer and the tax administrators.
“We have the e-tax and e-customs to help use automate tax revenue collection in seamless manner,” Kur said during the 52nd East African Revenue Authorities Commissioners General (EARACG) Meeting.
The two day meeting brought together tax authorities from the East African Community member states.
Kur said that digital tools helps to automate processes such as such as tax registration, filing, and payment thereby reducing the time and resources required.
Digitization of the tax systems leads to enhance revenue collection by minimizing tax evasion.
Digital tools reduce loopholes that enable evasion by ensuring accurate reporting and record-keeping.
Kur observed that ICT will help South Sudan to broaden its tax base by identifying and tracking previously unregistered businesses and individuals, bringing them into the tax net.
South Sudan also has an assurance system that enable its to bring on board telcom subscribers on to its tax base.