Burundi

National elections are scheduled for 23 December 2018 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is likely that Joseph Kabila, who has managed to delay polls since his mandate ended in 2016, will continue to do so.

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Kieran Holmes, the former Commissioner General of Burundi’s revenue authority, argues that sustainable development cannot happen without effective domestic revenue mobilisation.

NB: Ceci est une entrée de blog rédigée par Kieran Holmes, Commissaire Général de l’Office Burundais des Recettes (OBR), agence fiscale semi-autonome du Burundi. Dans un rapport qu’il a co-écrit, récemment publié par Africa Research Institute, il présente les efforts consentis...

Kieran Holmes reflects on four years at the helm of Burundi’s revenue authority, highlighting a number of successful initiatives that are at risk of being lost if further donor support is not guaranteed.

Kieran Holmes est Commissaire général de l’Office burundais des recettes (OBR), une autorité semi-autonome de perception d’impôts. Il est également coauteur d’un rapport, récemment publié par Africa Research Institute (ARI), exposant en détail les réformes de collecte d’impôts et...

In conversation with Jonathan Bhalla, Kieran Holmes discusses how Burundi’s semi-autonomous tax authority has become a model institution but still faces serious financial uncertainty despite its many successes.

La fiscalité figure parmi les priorités actuelles de l’Afrique. Ce Policy Voice décrit comment le Burundi a commencé à améliorer la capacité de percevoir son revenus fiscales.

Kieran Holmes, Commissioner General of the Burundi Revenue Authority – explains how the organisation is funded and sets out its priorities for the coming years.

Mick Moore explains why Anglophone countries have led the way in reforming tax administration in Africa and argues that property tax remains the number one unexploited revenue source on the continent.