Departmental Papers

Understanding Revenue Administration: An Initial Data Analysis Using the Revenue Administration Fiscal Information Tool

By Andrea Lemgruber, Andrew R Masters, Duncan Cleary

May 20, 2015

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Andrea Lemgruber, Andrew R Masters, and Duncan Cleary. Understanding Revenue Administration: An Initial Data Analysis Using the Revenue Administration Fiscal Information Tool, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2015) accessed November 8, 2024

Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.

Summary

During the past few years, the Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD) has developed the Revenue Administration Fiscal Information Tool (RA-FIT), a tax and customs data gathering initiative. This paper, the first of its kind internationally given the number of countries covered, analyzes the results of the first round of RA-FIT data for 85 countries. It begins the process of making summarized cross-country information available to revenue administrations, in particular in developing economies, to help them improve their performance. Topics covered include performance measurement, institutional arrangements, and core operations of tax and customs administration. RA-FIT is in its second round of data gathering, now via an online portal; these data will be analyzed and in future made available to participating countries and technical assistance partners/donors through an online dissemination platform.

Subject: Administration in revenue administration, Customs administration core functions, Institutional arrangements for revenue administration, Revenue administration, Revenue Administration Fiscal Information Tool (RA-FIT), Revenue performance assessment, Tax administration core functions

Keywords: Administration, Africa, Asia and Pacific, Autonomy attribute, Caribbean, Country, Customs, Customs administration, Customs administration core functions, DP, DPPP, Europe, Government, Institutional arrangements for revenue administration, Middle East, Ra-FIT database, Revenue administration, Revenue Administration Fiscal Information Tool (RA-FIT), Tax, Tax administration, Tax administration core functions

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    69

  • Volume:

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  • Series:

    Departmental Paper No. 2015/006

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    URAEA

  • ISBN:

    9781513584829

  • ISSN:

    2616-5333

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