TIRANA, March 17 /ATA/ – The Director General of Tax Administration, Vasilika Vjero, received members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff mission, who are on a two-week visit to Albania under Post-Program Monitoring.
The IMF staff mission, led by Anita Tuludhar, as well as other IMF senior representatives, praised the current performance of the tax administration, the results of a nation-wide crackdown on informality, as well as the ongoing efforts to expand the taxpayer base and the service quality.
The discussion focused on issues related to the organizational structure, capacity building in the main departments of the administration; focus on tax debt and risk, and assessment of the overall situation in reforms implementation.
The Tax Administration Director Vasilika Vjero briefed IMF officials on the ongoing main projects, including fiscal consolidation, e-payments as a solution to eliminate direct contact between taxpayers and tax administration, but also to save time and money.
The meeting also focused on the tax administration’s steps to include small businesses in the Value Added Tax scheme.
IMF mission encouraged tax administration to keep on reform efforts aimed at simplifying procedures and further strengthening the tax administration’s role in the country.
During its two-week visit, the IMF staff mission is scheduled to hold a series of meetings with the Albanian authorities to discuss macroeconomic developments, economic growth projections, the accommodating monetary policies, fiscal consolidation and financial stability.
The mission is set to conclude its visit on March 20.
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