Overview of Compliance Improvement Plan 2021

Compliance improvement activities planned for this year includes;

1. Providing taxpayer facilitation and assistance in fulfilling income tax obligations

Carrying out a nation-wide income tax awareness program
Conducting training and information sessions on new income tax return preparation
Providing income tax return filing assistance for small businesses
Promoting voluntary registration of income earners

2. Carring out targeted registration programs for the following sectors;

3. Undertaking initiatives to mitigate the negative effects of COVID-19 on tax compliance

Increasing facilitative activities to assist taxpayers affected by COVID-19 crisis
Expediting registration & de-registration process
Securing compliance of key taxpayers
Prioritizing COVID-19 focused intelligence gathering and risk assessments

4. Carrying out compliance interventions to treat risks of year 2018 & 2019

Conducting industry specific risk assessments on; tourism, construction, wholesale and retail, information and communication, education and health industry
Engaging with medium risk taxpayers to rectify compliance issues
Carrying out risk-based audits of high-risk taxpayer
Conducting criminal investigation of goods and services tax (GST) fraud and serious noncompliers
Prioritizing mitigation of international tax risks
Undertaking risk-based arrears management

5. Other compliance improvement activities

Additionally, we will continue our routine programs of detecting and deterring non-compliance through our risk assessments and treatment strategies.