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  "title": "Algeria: Strengthening the Revenue Mobilization Strategy",
  "publication": "Selected Issues Papers, October 3, 2025",
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  "summary": "This Selected Issue Paper analyzes Algeria’s revenue mobilization challenges and outlines reform options to enhance non-hydrocarbon tax collection. With hydrocarbon revenues dominating public finances and exhibiting high volatility, Algeria’s non-hydrocarbon tax revenues remain low and stagnant.",
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      "heading": "Summary",
      "content": "- Analyzes Algeria’s revenue mobilization challenges and outlines reform options to enhance non-hydrocarbon tax collection.\n- Notes hydrocarbon revenues dominate public finances and exhibit high volatility, while non-hydrocarbon tax revenues remain low and stagnant.\n- Uses regression benchmarking to identify a significant non-hydrocarbon tax gap of 2–4 percent of GDP, indicating substantial untapped potential."
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      "content": "- Non-hydrocarbon tax gap: 2–4 percent of GDP.\n- Non-hydrocarbon tax revenues are characterized as low and stagnant amid dominance and high volatility of hydrocarbon revenues."
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      "heading": "Constraints identified",
      "content": "- Weak value-added tax (VAT) performance.\n- Weak corporate income tax (CIT) performance.\n- Narrow property tax base.\n- Large informal sector."
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      "heading": "Policy recommendations",
      "content": "- Base broadening measures to increase the tax base.\n- Simplification of rates and exemptions.\n- Further strengthening of the tax administration.\n- Adoption of a Medium-Term Revenue Strategy (MTRS) to anchor revenue mobilization efforts.\n\nSource: Charles Vellutini, Algeria: Strengthening the Revenue Mobilization Strategy, Selected Issues Papers, October 3, 2025.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Sipea2025132\n  - Sipea2025132 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Sipea2025132 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/selected-issues-papers/issues/2025/10/03/algeria-strengthening-the-revenue-mobilization-strategy-570942"
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    "Authors: Charles Vellutini",
    "Published: October 3, 2025",
    "Series: Selected Issues Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229028424.018",
    "Analyzes Algeria’s revenue mobilization challenges and outlines reform options to enhance non-hydrocarbon tax collection.",
    "Notes hydrocarbon revenues dominate public finances and exhibit high volatility, while non-hydrocarbon tax revenues remain low and stagnant.",
    "Uses regression benchmarking to identify a significant non-hydrocarbon tax gap of 2–4 percent of GDP, indicating substantial untapped potential.",
    "Non-hydrocarbon tax gap: 2–4 percent of GDP.",
    "Non-hydrocarbon tax revenues are characterized as low and stagnant amid dominance and high volatility of hydrocarbon revenues.",
    "Weak value-added tax (VAT) performance.",
    "Weak corporate income tax (CIT) performance.",
    "Narrow property tax base.",
    "Large informal sector.",
    "Base broadening measures to increase the tax base.",
    "Simplification of rates and exemptions.",
    "Further strengthening of the tax administration.",
    "Adoption of a Medium-Term Revenue Strategy (MTRS) to anchor revenue mobilization efforts.",
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