MCC Voluntary Compliance with Tax Laws

Sao Tome and Principe - VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE WITH TAX LAWS - Voluntary Compliance with Tax Laws activity: Increased filing of required declarations through dissemination of tax information, simplification of procedures, creating forms and regulations to implement tax laws, improving employee knowledge, improving public knowledge of obligations under the new tax laws, and providing capacity for future in-house training; Assisted with registration of taxpayers through provision of hardware and software tools; Increased revenue through effective and fair implementation of tax procedure codes, providing a review of tax code and suggestions for improvement and regulations; Assured a sound taxpayer accounting process through analyzing the revenue accounting system and making recommendations for improvements to administrative and informational infrastructure, ensured internal management controls are adequate, determined systemic needs and jointly implement improvements to the current system.