The International Center for Tax and Development in the collaboration with the National Revenue Authority and Budget Advocacy Network (BAN) has commenced the Sierra Leone Tax for Development conference at Radisson Blu in Freetown.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, the Commissioner General of the NRA Dr. Samuel S. Jibao said he is delighted to host the first International Conference on taxation in Sierra Leone. Incidentally, there has been a growing number of research efforts on Sierra Leone’s tax system by both local and international researchers. The conference will explore the usefulness of some of these researches in the context of informing tax and other policy formulations in Sierra Leone.
The conference attracted Academics, researchers, tax administrators, Civil Society and the Media. Dr. Samuel S Jibao said he is delighted to collaborate with ICTD to host the very first International Conference on Taxation in Sierra Leone especially at a time when the NRA has made great gains in revenue mobilization in the midst of multiple shocks as a result of COVID-19 and the Russian/ Ukraine war.
He said revenue to GDP has grown from 12.3% in 2007 to 15.7% in 2021 which is four percentage points in four years. He said the implementation of reforms has had a positive effect on revenue mobilization with the latest reforms of the Non Tax Revenue Department. He said conferences like this will help inform policy directions in formulating future tax laws.
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