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Fiscal Management & Resource Mobilization
Research IdeasPort-au-Prince
April 2016
Working with 30-50 economists including Nobel Laureates, 100+ sector experts, government, donor organizations, civil society, development agencies, businesses, youth, across rural and urban areas to identify, analyze and prioritize interventions that will deliver greater benefit per gourde spent, helping move Haiti towards a more prosperous long term future.
Copenhagen Consensus Center organized roundtable discussions
with an aim to figure out smarter solutions to the most problematic
issues facing Haiti.
These roundtables are one of several sources
for research ideas.
Research Ideas
Widening the tax base;(1 of 3)
• Establish an ongoing professional development program in collaboration with the OMRH to train 1) DGI employees and ministerial managers on tax policy and taxation, leadership, management and IT; 2) mayors on management of public revenue and accounting); and 3) newly elected representatives.
• Update laws on tax rights.• Set up a computer system to collect data in order to
reduce duplication of data.• Align the relationship between MEF and municipal
councils.• Establish “user fees” for water, waste and electricity.
Widening the tax base; (2 of 3)
• Eliminate the customs/tax exemptions; limit the power to grant exemptions to the MEF.
• EDH: Eliminate government subsidies; Install meters in every house; improve the billing.
• Create independent, internal audit departments within each ministry.
• Eliminate tax exemptions to the private sector.• Conduct a census so that DGI have a more accurate
estimate of the tax collection potential.• Public awareness campaign on paying taxes to increase
voluntary compliance.• Establish standards for companies.
Widening the tax base; (3 of 3)
• Establish concrete and annual targets for the DGI.• Make an inventory of properties in each municipality.• Eliminate exemptions for donors.• Establish a billing system at the municipal level.• Improve customer relations at DGI and make the tax
payment system more “user-friendly”.• Formalize the informal sector. • Widen the tax base by providing technical training in high
demand fields. This also reduces “informal” sector jobs.• Strengthen the capacity of the DGI : digitize all DGI
offices and equip all tax inspectors.
Tax evasion; (1 of 2)
• Implement punitive laws.• Establish incentives to increase voluntary compliance.• Raise awareness for voluntary compliance and punitive
measures for tax evasion and fraud.• Encourage participatory budgeting at the municipal
level.• Regulate the state officials, especially those working in
the tax department.• Encourage auditors to do their job: Provide training;
increase their remuneration.• Ensure the physical security of taxpayers.
Tax evasion; (2 of 2)
• To increase voluntary compliance : Choose an industry, offer a seminar for 200 persons; conduct an audit of 20 businesses; penalize the perpetrators; disseminate results throughout media channels.
Fiscal policy as an instrument for reducing socioeconomic inequalities; (1 of 1)
• Maintain the tax on petroleum products.• Reduce the budget allocation to Parliament.• Require administrative account at the municipal level.• Strengthen the capacity of the CSCCA and change its
role so that it can review contracts and undertake audits.
• Carry out an audit of SONAPI.• Establish a system for monitoring and evaluating action
plans.• Stop the practice of having off-budget budget.
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