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Suriname: Technical Assistance Report-Assessing the Launch and Administration of VAT in Suriname

May 28, 2024

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Suriname: Technical Assistance Report-Assessing the Launch and Administration of VAT in Suriname, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2024) accessed December 21, 2024

Summary

At the request of the Directorate of Taxes and Customs, a technical assistance mission evaluated how the authorities launched the Value Added Tax (VAT), administered the tax in the first 12-months of operation, and provided advice on improving the efficiency of the administration of VAT. Suriname implemented a VAT on January 1, 2023, replacing the Sales Tax. VAT revenue collected for the first 12 months was approximately 3 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and was 95.4 percent of the collection target. The weaker than expected VAT performance can be attributed to how the VAT implementation was managed. The authorities were not sufficiently prepared to effectively implement and administer the VAT. Several risks have been identified, and if not urgently addressed, there may be weaker VAT revenue collection, continued weak filing and payment compliance, which pose a challenge to the authorities’ fiscal program.

Subject: Auditing, International organization, Monetary policy, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration, Sales tax, Tax administration core functions, Tax refunds, Taxes, Value-added tax

Keywords: Auditing, Caribbean, Departments Administering VAT, Global, Input VAT, Revenue performance, Sales tax, Suriname., Tax administration core functions, Tax refunds, Taxpayer Identification Number, Taxpayer Registration, Total Input Tax, Total Output Tax, Total Supplies, Value Added Tax, Value-added tax, VAT declaration, VAT Implementation, VAT information, VAT Payable, VAT revenue collection

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    59

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Technical Assistance Report No. 2024/042

  • Stock No:

    TAREA2024042

  • ISBN:

    9798400276477

  • ISSN:

    3005-4575

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