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Revenue Enhancement Action Plan and Strategy

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Revenue Enhancement action plan and strategy Assignment project: Business strategy Prepared By : Ajmal Rasheady Date: 2013 Introduction Municipalities in Afghanistan are created for management of city affairs and to provide for the general welfare of their inhabitants. In spite of this huge responsibility toward city and citizens, municipalities are the non-budgetary units of government and are authorized to generate their own revenues. Given this fact, we realize that urban development and welfare of citizens depends on increased generation of revenues. So, municipalities are legally obliged to strive to enhance revenues and judiciously utilize the sources to finance service delivery. Having that in mind, Farah municipality …show more content…

Goal Revenue from regular sources will considerably increase Objectives • Effective, transparent and accountable revenue administration practices will be in place • Farah municipality will have enhanced capacities • Citizens will pay their taxes/fees voluntarily (willingly) and regularly • Relationships between municipality and other institutions will be strengthened and synergy developed • Job opportunities will be available for citizens through economic enterprises Activities Specific activities have been envisaged and planned for each focus area and the following principles were applied in the planning process. • Need assessment and measures identification and planning based on the SMART criteria • Distinct implementation costing for each measure • Clear delineation of implementation responsibilities of various municipal units and other partner entities • Indicator setting to facilitate progress measurement For more details on the measures in each focus area, please see the following: No | Activities | Implementation date | Estimated Cost (1000 in AFN) | Responsible Office | Indicators | 1 | Conduct regular field surveys torecord Safayi and businesspermit tax/fee objects (preferably through tax mapping) | May 2013 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | | RevenueDep, Donor | # of registeredtax objects andcompletion ofsurveys byAugust 2011and 2014 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0

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