It's No Illusion, You Can Pay Taxes with a Smile: The Rwanda Case

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It's No Illusion, You Can Pay Taxes with a Smile: The Rwanda Case

dc.contributor.author	Murangwa, Hadija
dc.contributor.author	Mukunya, David
dc.date.accessioned	2015-09-11T21:37:49Z
dc.date.available	2015-09-11T21:37:49Z
dc.date.issued	2014-04
dc.description.abstract	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.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/23929135/no-illusion-can-pay-taxes-smile-rwanda-case
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/22597
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22597
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	IFC smart lessons brief;
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	International Finance Corporation
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	taxation
dc.subject	investment climate
dc.subject	tax reform
dc.subject	value added tax
dc.subject	VAT
dc.title	It's No Illusion, You Can Pay Taxes with a Smile	en
dc.title.subtitle	The Rwanda Case	en
dc.type	Brief	en
dc.type	Fiche	fr
dc.type	Resumen	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2015-01-30
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-29T09:51:58.062106Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Brief
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/23929135/no-illusion-can-pay-taxes-smile-rwanda-case
okr.globalpractice	Governance
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	000406484_20150130155638
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	23929135
okr.identifier.report	93956
okr.language.supported	en
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okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	Rwanda
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Taxation & Subsidies
okr.unit	Global Tax Simplification Program, International Finance Corporation
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