This technical assistance report on Vietnam focuses on taxpayer compliance risk management (CRM)-tourism compliance improvement plan (CIP). The capacity development activity focused on more in-depth practical analysis of risks in the tourism sector, assessing and ranking risk, and understanding...

This technical assistance report on Vietnam focuses on tourism compliance improvement plan (CIP). The capacity development (CD) activity focused on identifying risks in the tourism sector and identifying information and data sources to enable completion of the tourism CIP in February 2023. All...

Further technical assistance is needed. Implementing modern risk-based methods in the LTO will require follow up FAD technical assistance to progress the advice provided in this report. This technical assistance should include translation of key risk-based compliance management documents to help...

This mission was tasked with reviewing the performance of the LTO of NAFA. The government envisages that NAFA?and in particular its LTO?will deliver improved taxpayer compliance to provide additional tax revenue for the government's economic program. However, this will not happen without radical...

The paper discusses the Joint Staff Assessment (JSA) of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Progress Report for Honduras. The first PRSP Progress Report of the Government of Honduras presents a complete review of the government’s implementation of the PRSP to date and updates the...

This Selected Issues paper discusses Lithuania’s efforts towards a sustainable and inclusive consolidation. Lithuania has implemented fiscal measures amounting to 17 percent of GDP during 2009–2012, about half of which were frontloaded in 2009. The report shows that...

This technical assistance report on the Republic of Armenia discusses personal tax policy and presents the policy review and introduction of a universal declaration. Costly and regressive tax incentives should be repealed. A Universal Personal Income Tax (PIT) Declaration makes it possible to...

This paper describes Romania's Technical Assistance report on reforming personal income taxation. With one of the lowest revenues in the EU and a projected budget deficit exceeding 7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), Romania should rely on an array of tax instruments to mobilize revenues....

Romania’s external position continues to improve. Inflation peaked in December 2010, and is now likely to decline. Financial market stress has remained relatively low in recent months. The current account deficit improved from 13½ percent of GDP in 2007 to about 4¼ percent of GDP in...

This 2004 Article IV Consultation for San Marino reports that the economy has slowed considerably since 2000 with the fading of key competitive advantages that had contributed to past rapid development. To restore a positive net asset position and the ability to buffer adverse external shocks,...