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  "title": "Albania: Technical Assistance Report—Medium-Term Revenue Strategy: Revenue Administration Reform Options",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, May 19, 2022",
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  "summary": "Albania is formulating a Medium-Term Revenue Strategy (MTRS) with IMF support. The decision to commit to the development of an MTRS was taken against the background of revenue persistently falling short of budget projections, revenue continuing to lag behind regional peers in tax to Gross Domestic P",
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      "heading": "Background and rationale",
      "content": "- Albania is formulating a Medium-Term Revenue Strategy (MTRS) with IMF support.\n- The decision to develop an MTRS was taken because:\n  - revenue has been persistently falling short of budget projections;\n  - revenue continues to lag behind regional peers in tax to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratios;\n  - the Government assesses that an increase of revenue of 2.2 – 3.0 percent of GDP will be required to finance its additional spending needs over the next five years."
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    {
      "heading": "Main focus and thematic coverage",
      "content": "- Subject areas covered:\n  - International organization\n  - Medium term revenue strategy\n  - Monetary policy\n  - Revenue administration\n  - Revenue performance assessment\n  - Tax administration core functions\n  - Taxes\n  - Training and development in revenue administration\n  - Value-added tax\n- Keywords and thematic tags include:\n  - B. MTRS context\n  - Eastern Europe\n  - FAD mission\n  - Global\n  - I. MTRS gap analysis\n  - IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department\n  - increase tax certainty\n  - Medium term revenue strategy\n  - MTRS approach\n  - MTRS development\n  - MTRS governance arrangement\n  - Tax administration core functions\n  - Training and development in revenue administration\n  - Value-added tax"
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      "heading": "Key findings and problem statement",
      "content": "- Persistent underperformance of revenues relative to budget projections.\n- Tax-to-GDP ratios are lower than regional peers.\n- Financing gap over the next five years estimated by the Government: an increase of revenue of 2.2 – 3.0 percent of GDP is required."
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      "heading": "Report deliverables and format",
      "content": "- Document type: IMF Staff Country Report.\n- Pages: 70\n- Volume: 2022\n- Issue: 143\n- Series: Country Report No. 2022/143\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400209710.002\n- Stock No: 1ALBEA2022003\n- ISBN: 9798400209710\n- ISSN: 1934-7685\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept. \"Albania: Technical Assistance Report-Medium-Term Revenue Strategy: Revenue Administration Reform Options\", IMF Staff Country Reports 2022, 143 (2022).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- 1albea2022003\n  - 1albea2022003 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 1albea2022003 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Persistent underperformance of revenues relative to budget projections.",
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    "Financing gap over the next five years estimated by the Government: an increase of revenue of 2.2 – 3.0 percent of GDP is required.",
    "Document type: IMF Staff Country Report.",
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    "Volume: 2022",
    "Issue: 143",
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    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400209710.002",
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