Understanding Revenue Administration: An Initial Data Analysis Using the Revenue Administration Fiscal Information Tool
Departmental Papers, May 20, 2015
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- Authors: Andrea Lemgruber, Andrew R Masters, Duncan Cleary
- Published: May 20, 2015
- Series: Departmental Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513584829.087
Overview
- Paper analyzes results of the first round of RA-FIT data for 85 countries.
- RA-FIT (Revenue Administration Fiscal Information Tool) is a tax and customs data gathering initiative developed by the Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD).
- Purpose: begin making summarized cross-country information available to revenue administrations, particularly in developing economies, to help them improve their performance.
- Topics covered: performance measurement, institutional arrangements, and core operations of tax and customs administration.
- RA-FIT status: in its second round of data gathering, now via an online portal; these data will be analyzed and in future made available to participating countries and technical assistance partners/donors through an online dissemination platform.
Findings and analysis themes
- Performance measurement:
- Cross-country summarized information intended to support performance assessment of revenue administrations.
- Institutional arrangements:
- Analysis includes institutional arrangements for revenue administration across covered countries.
- Core operations:
- Tax and customs administration core functions and operations are analyzed using RA-FIT data.
Implications and intended uses
- Capacity building:
- Summarized cross-country information aims to help revenue administrations, in particular in developing economies, improve their performance.
- Data dissemination:
- Second-round RA-FIT data will be analyzed and made available to participating countries and technical assistance partners/donors through an online dissemination platform.
Departmental Papers 2015, 006 (2015); accessed 9/16/2026