United States of America

DRM portfolio and relevant changes to DRM support strategy

DRM project supported by the United Sates in 2020 provided bilateral technical assistance to national tax authorities in the Philippines, Paraguay, Bosnia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jordan, Kosovo, Liberia, Tunisia and Yemen. USAID projects in Bosnia, Haiti, Senegal and Tanzania focus on more effective mobilization of local government revenue.

In 2020, USAID projects in El Salvador, Bosnia, Jordan and Tunisia continued to assist tax administrations in introducing and improving information technology systems. Additionally, projects in Liberia and the Philippines continued to focus on improving e-filing and e-payment systems, which has led to wider adoption by taxpayers. Projects in El Salvador and Jordan are using data mining strategies to reduce tax evasion and improve tax compliance. Other common themes of USAID projects have been to help develop or create consensus for changes in tax policy, such as the rationalization of tax expenditures or better mobilization of excise taxes; and to help launch or improve taxpayer education programs.

Source: 2020 ATI Monitoring Report. For more information on this ATI member, access the DRM Profile linked above or the 2020 ATI Monitoring Report.