Tax dept can’t do job, report says

24 April 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Government / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Economy and Finance / Multilateral development assistance / Social development / System of government / Taxation
ADB / Asia / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Cambodia Economic Update / GDT / General Department of Taxation / Kong Vibol / Ministry of Economy and Finance

Cambodia’s tax department is under-resourced and understaffed, thereby hindering its ability to generate revenue, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) analysis released earlier this month. The analysis, which took into account survey results from 22 tax revenue bodies across Asia between 2012 and 2013, paints Cambodia’s General Department of Taxation (GDT) as one of the least effective revenue bodies in Asia. … According to the bank’s survey, the GDT, which falls under the control of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, does not have authority to design its own organisatonal structure, allocate budgeted administrative funds, set staffing levels, hire and dismiss staff or negotiate staff remuneration levels. …

 Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-dept-can%E2%80%99t-do-job-report-says