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This is after the revenue authority announced that it has collected at least SSP78 million in non-oil revenue just a few months after the commencement of the 2022/2023 fiscal year.
“Give me that SSP 6 billion that you said you collected in the first fifteen days of the first month of the 2022/2023 financial year. That money will enable me to clear the remaining two months’ arrears of civil servants’ salaries,” Agak is quoted by City Review as saying.
“I will assure you that if I am done with that, then in the next month of August 2022, the civil servants will be receiving their salaries on the 28th of every month and we will never have any arrears anymore,” he added.
NRA Commissioner-General, Dr. Patrick Mugoya said during the launch of tax center in Juba on Wednesday that the amount is 20 billion pounds more than the government projection which was 58 billion pounds.
Dr. Mugoya pledged to improve the collection of non-oil revenues in order to boost the economic growth of South Sudan.
“Our collection should not fall below 9.7 billion pounds for each month, and the two collecting divisions of NRA, that is domestic and customs are to contribute 62 percent and 38 percent respectively,” he said.
The NRA boss reassured taxpayers of facilitation to ensure that they comply with their tax obligations.
“We pledge to do all that which is in our means to deliver as expected, and we believe we will be able to meet our target especially if NRA will continue to enjoy support and guidance from the ministry of finance and the entire transitional government of national unity,” he said.
He said that the National Revenue Authority is taking a bold step in making the taxpaying experience not only simpler but also more convenient and less costly.
