Project Brief
Support to the Office Burundais des Recettes (OBR)
Implementation Partners
Office Burundais des Recettes (OBR)/Burundi Revenue Authority
Implementation Period
2011 - 2016
Project Participants
Importers, exporters, Burundian citizens
Funding Partner
UK
Project Rationale
The Government of Burundi (GoB) established the Office Burundais des Recettes (OBR) in 2010. The GoB had originally commissioned GtZ and DFID to carry out a study on the modalities and potential benefits of establishing the OBR. Preparations for the OBR were informed by recommendations from the GtZ/DFID study. OBR represents a core part of the GoB’s efforts to promote economic recovery, to redevelop the country, and to facilitate poverty reduction by improving revenue collection through modern tax collection and customs administration in Burundi.
Establishing a professional Revenue Authority and improving revenue collection is essential to increase resources for economic and social development, to create a better business environment, and to properly integrate Burundi into the EAC.
The aim of the OBR Programme is to facilitate poverty reduction by improving revenue collection through modernized tax collection and customs administration in Burundi.
Implementation Strategy
TMA provided financial and technical assistance to the GoB to establish a semi-autonomous Revenue Authority , with efficient, modern operating structures and procedures; it also created a more effective fiscal administration. Procurements and contracting was done by TMA. In this work, OBR drew on assistance from projects of the World Bank, the IMF, France, the EU, and the Investment Climate Facility for Africa.