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Page 1: Ê PAPUA NEW GUINEA INTERNAL REVENUE ...Ê 1 IRC-MobilisingÊ Revenue,Ê CreatingÊ ProsperityÊ Ê PAPUA NEW GUINEA INTERNAL REVENUE COMMISSION CORPORATE PLAN 2018-2022 Ê Ê 2 IRC-MobilisingÊ

YourÊ PartnerÊ inÊ NationÊ BuildingÊ

PAPUA NEW GUINEA INTERNAL REVENUE COMMISSION ÊCORPORATE PLAN Ê

2018-2022

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www.irc.gov.pg

IRC- Mobilising Revenue, Creating Prosperity

YourÊ PartnerÊ inÊ NationÊ BuildingÊ

PAPUA NEW GUINEA INTERNAL REVENUE COMMISSION ÊCORPORATE PLAN Ê

2018-2022

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IRC- Mobilising Revenue, Creating Prosperity

YourÊ PartnerÊ inÊ NationÊ BuildingÊ

PAPUA NEW GUINEA INTERNAL REVENUE COMMISSION ÊCORPORATE PLAN Ê

2018-2022

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IRC- Mobilising Revenue, Creating Prosperity

YourÊ PartnerÊ inÊ NationÊ BuildingÊ

PAPUA NEW GUINEA INTERNAL REVENUE COMMISSION ÊCORPORATE PLAN Ê

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IRC- Mobilising Revenue, Creating Prosperity

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA INTERNAL REVENUE COMMISSION ÊCORPORATE PLAN Ê

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IRC- Mobilising Revenue, Creating Prosperity

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IRC- Mobilising Revenue, Creating Prosperity

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ContentsÊForward by the Minister ................................................................................................................... 2

Commissioner General’s Introduction ........................................................................................... 5

About the MTRS ................................................................................................................................. 7

About the Corporate Plan ................................................................................................................ 8

IRC Institutional Strengthening and Reform ....................................................................................... 9

About IRC ........................................................................................................................................... 10

Vision:................................................................................................................................................ 10

Mission: ............................................................................................................................................. 10

Values: ............................................................................................................................................... 10

IRC Corporate Plan 2018-2022 ...................................................................................................... 12

Objective: .......................................................................................................................................... 12

Strategic Themes............................................................................................................................... 12

Transformational Priorities: .............................................................................................................. 12

Operational Priorities: ....................................................................................................................... 12

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Forward by the Minister Hon. Charles Abel, MP Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Treasury

PNG’s ability to deliver improved Government services and to improve the lives of Papua New Guineans depends on Government providing a policy environment that is conducive to growth and prosperity. An important enabler for inclusive growth and prosperity is an efficient and smart tax administration; one which makes it easier for businesses, corporations, traders and all taxpayers in PNG to honestly and accountably pay their taxes. If our people are to enjoy the living standards that are enjoyed in the modern world, then we must be able generate wealth and prosperity. To ensure this happens at a sustainable level, our tax system must be capably supported, its processes streamlined and enhanced to make it easier and simpler for taxpayers and new businesses to comply and pay taxes on time.

Declining revenue trends over the last few years as a result of falling commodity prices, further aggravated by a complex tax system and a complicated tax incentives regime have made it difficult for Government to fully fund our development agenda and to achieve our long term vision of prosperity for all Papua New Guineans. Past experience with project agreements and fiscal terms with resource companies must guide and improve project terms going forward to give more certainty and smooth taxation flows. The transformation of PNG will require continual government guidance and interventions to ensure that our Vision 2050 and StaRS aspirations for PNG are achieved.

To address the decline in revenue, the Government has for the first time established a Medium Term Revenue Strategy (MTRS) for 2018-2022 during the 2018 budget. The MTRS is aimed towards improving tax and customs administrations and mobilising tax revenue to fund the development budget. The MTRS is consistent with the priorities of the Alotau Accord II. It has also incorporated relevant recommendations from the Government’s 100 Day/25 Point Plan and has adopted many of the recommendations from the 2015 PNG Tax Review and the PNG Medium Term Tax Policy Reform and Selected Tax Policy Issues Report by the IMF. The passing of a new Tax Administration Act during the 2018 budget session of Parliament along with the increased funding support to the IRC for MTRS development initiatives in 2018 are positive indications of the Government’s intention to seriously transform PNG’s tax system. Also passed was the Public Money Management Regularisation Act to reinforce revenue raising for the central budget. PNG’s tax system will not only be efficient and easy to access, but also one that broadens tax base, reduces opportunities for tax evasion, improves taxpayer behaviour towards voluntary compliance and is benchmarked and scrutinised against international best practices in tax administration.

The MTRS 2018-2022 is an important strategy for reforming PNG’s tax administration into a more efficient and robust organisation that will enable taxpayers to comply and pay taxes using modern

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electronic tax services and platforms to file tax returns and pay taxes on time so Government’s revenue is more sustainable and better assured. Additionally, the MTRS provides corporate certainty to the IRC and its stakeholders by establishing and fully funding the reform priorities for which the Government expects to be operationalised by the end of this Corporate Plan.

The O’Neil-Abel Government is fully committed to ensuring the success of the MTRS reform agenda and therefore IRC’s Corporate Plan 2018-2022. I invite my fellow parliamentarians, Ministers and their Departments to actively support the IRC, the Commissioner General, management and staff, as they deliver this important reform agenda through this Corporate Plan.

It is a great honour and privilege for me to present the IRC Corporate Plan 2018-22.

Thank you and God bless PNG.

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electronic tax services and platforms to file tax returns and pay taxes on time so Government’s revenue is more sustainable and better assured. Additionally, the MTRS provides corporate certainty to the IRC and its stakeholders by establishing and fully funding the reform priorities for which the Government expects to be operationalised by the end of this Corporate Plan.

The O’Neil-Abel Government is fully committed to ensuring the success of the MTRS reform agenda and therefore IRC’s Corporate Plan 2018-2022. I invite my fellow parliamentarians, Ministers and their Departments to actively support the IRC, the Commissioner General, management and staff, as they deliver this important reform agenda through this Corporate Plan.

It is a great honour and privilege for me to present the IRC Corporate Plan 2018-22.

Thank you and God bless PNG.

The O’Neill-Abel Government is fully committed to ensuring the success of the MTRS reform agenda

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Commissioner General’s Introduction

Ms Betty Palaso, CMG, OBE Commissioner General IRC

IRC has been on a transformation journey over the last five years. At the end of the previous Corporate Plan (2013-2017), IRC found itself about halfway through its transformation into a modern tax administration. Our last Corporate Plan allowed us to become a semi-autonomous revenue body in 2014 in turn allowing us to make tremendous improvements to our governance and reporting frameworks, to have the ability to structurally organise ourselves as well developing the culture and professional maturity of the organisation from where we were previously. This was an important foundation towards preparing IRC for implementing the transformational agenda to the tax administration system expected from Government over this Corporate Plan, 2018-2022.

While many transformational activities have been completed during the last Corporate Plan, many more were yet to occur, such as transitioning to a new operating model for improved tax administration capabilities that would allow us to more effectively manage compliance risks and increase the rate of tax collections. Further developing self-assessment, setting up an automated front end processing function, establishing case selection and intelligence unit, providing for a taxpayer services counter, utilising technology to develop revenue intelligence, and rationalising the physical location of business units within Revenue Haus are also indicators that elements of the transformation are continuing. These initiatives will need continued attention to ensure that IRC’s ambition of modernisation is realised.

In the past, IRC has faced challenges with less than adequate resourcing, which, in turn, has contributed to a reduced capacity to produce sufficient outputs to taxpayers. The resultant backlogs are exacerbated by the significant rework caused by the same backlogs, further contributing to their growth, mainly in processing and the collection of outstanding returns and payments, but also in other pockets of the business. There are pressures on collections that are down on recent years; in part attributed to PNG having been hit hard by the drop in world commodity prices and a major drought. This has led IRC’s key stakeholders to have the inherent view that IRC has not been addressing the high levels of non-compliance that are evident in PNG. Indeed, Government also sees this as a contributing factor toward the decline in revenue collections. It was clear that this situation could not be allowed to continue.

It is Government’s expectation that tax revenue will improve to 14.0 per cent of GDP by 2022; achieved by improving revenue compliance and by broadening the tax base. In order to deliver this expectation, IRC is now faced with a wide-ranging development program that will require extensive management oversight delivery while simultaneously ensuring revenue collection targets are met during this extended period of reform and development. The IRC Corporate Plan 2018-2022 sets out the roadmap for these developments.

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Commissioner General’s Introduction

Ms Betty Palaso, CMG, OBE Commissioner General IRC

IRC has been on a transformation journey over the last five years. At the end of the previous Corporate Plan (2013-2017), IRC found itself about halfway through its transformation into a modern tax administration. Our last Corporate Plan allowed us to become a semi-autonomous revenue body in 2014 in turn allowing us to make tremendous improvements to our governance and reporting frameworks, to have the ability to structurally organise ourselves as well developing the culture and professional maturity of the organisation from where we were previously. This was an important foundation towards preparing IRC for implementing the transformational agenda to the tax administration system expected from Government over this Corporate Plan, 2018-2022.

While many transformational activities have been completed during the last Corporate Plan, many more were yet to occur, such as transitioning to a new operating model for improved tax administration capabilities that would allow us to more effectively manage compliance risks and increase the rate of tax collections. Further developing self-assessment, setting up an automated front end processing function, establishing case selection and intelligence unit, providing for a taxpayer services counter, utilising technology to develop revenue intelligence, and rationalising the physical location of business units within Revenue Haus are also indicators that elements of the transformation are continuing. These initiatives will need continued attention to ensure that IRC’s ambition of modernisation is realised.

In the past, IRC has faced challenges with less than adequate resourcing, which, in turn, has contributed to a reduced capacity to produce sufficient outputs to taxpayers. The resultant backlogs are exacerbated by the significant rework caused by the same backlogs, further contributing to their growth, mainly in processing and the collection of outstanding returns and payments, but also in other pockets of the business. There are pressures on collections that are down on recent years; in part attributed to PNG having been hit hard by the drop in world commodity prices and a major drought. This has led IRC’s key stakeholders to have the inherent view that IRC has not been addressing the high levels of non-compliance that are evident in PNG. Indeed, Government also sees this as a contributing factor toward the decline in revenue collections. It was clear that this situation could not be allowed to continue.

It is Government’s expectation that tax revenue will improve to 14.0 per cent of GDP by 2022; achieved by improving revenue compliance and by broadening the tax base. In order to deliver this expectation, IRC is now faced with a wide-ranging development program that will require extensive management oversight delivery while simultaneously ensuring revenue collection targets are met during this extended period of reform and development. The IRC Corporate Plan 2018-2022 sets out the roadmap for these developments.

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The success of this Plan will largely depend on staff and management’s ability to consistently deliver but will also be contingent on continued Government and donor support. Achieving Government’s revenue expectations will hinge on achieving the positive compliance levels from taxpayers that we expect will result from improvements to our procedures and enhanced accessibility to the tax system. Over the life of this Corporate Plan Taxpayers can expect an improved experience in dealing with IRC and with a consistent level of Performance. They are encouraged to co-operate and comply with their tax obligations as interventions towards securing compliance with tax obligations will be greatly increased.

With this Plan, IRC has taken a holistic approach toward our organisational development that has included developing our own clear strategies to support the high level direction provided by the MTRS. While based on the MTRS reform agenda, I am pleased that this Corporate Plan has been a result of collective and very intense collaboration amongst the IRC management. In doing so IRC has identified and prioritised the actions, detailing what needs to be done, when it is to be done and who is going to do it.

So that we, as a responsible organisation and management, do not lose sight of the objective to reform our business as well as ensure the annual revenue targets we will address these potentially competing undertakings with ‘Transformational Priorities’ and ‘Operational Priorities’. This will provide us with a balanced approach by ensuring that our total corporate responsibilities are managed and reported on as two distinct but complimentary strategic priorities under this Corporate Plan.

The operationalisation of the Corporate Plan will be managed and delivered through the delivery of the next five Annual Work Plans derived from this Corporate Plan.

Our performance as a revenue administration will be assessed using international best practise benchmarks such as the Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT) and the like. However, the primary measure of our performance to deliver against this Plan will be our ability to meet the Government’s revenue expectations each year. We are morally and legally obligated to do our very best to deliver against Government’s expectations. I am therefore expecting increased levels of professionalism, ethical behaviour and productivity from all IRC staff. I expect my management team and all my staff and to perform to their best for the collective prosperity of our fellow Papua New Guineans.

We, the Executive, the Senior Management Team and the staff of IRC, are committed to delivering improved taxation services and intend to by the end of this Corporate Plan deliver for taxpayers and businesses an improved taxation service that is based on modern ICT technologies which would mean most of our taxpayers having the capability to file tax returns and pay taxes electronically and have improved standardised processes to encourage compliance from all business sectors. I am confident of continuing Government support to us for improvements to tax administration through funding the MTRS and this Corporate Plan. With continued understanding and co-operation from all our stakeholders and taxpayers, we will achieve our vision to “excel as a modern and robust tax administration”.

I commend the IRC Corporate Plan 2018-22 to you and I encourage all of IRC to join with the Commissioners and myself to Strive for Excellence.

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The success of this Plan will largely depend on staff and management’s ability to consistently deliver but will also be contingent on continued Government and donor support. Achieving Government’s revenue expectations will hinge on achieving the positive compliance levels from taxpayers that we expect will result from improvements to our procedures and enhanced accessibility to the tax system. Over the life of this Corporate Plan Taxpayers can expect an improved experience in dealing with IRC and with a consistent level of Performance. They are encouraged to co-operate and comply with their tax obligations as interventions towards securing compliance with tax obligations will be greatly increased.

With this Plan, IRC has taken a holistic approach toward our organisational development that has included developing our own clear strategies to support the high level direction provided by the MTRS. While based on the MTRS reform agenda, I am pleased that this Corporate Plan has been a result of collective and very intense collaboration amongst the IRC management. In doing so IRC has identified and prioritised the actions, detailing what needs to be done, when it is to be done and who is going to do it.

So that we, as a responsible organisation and management, do not lose sight of the objective to reform our business as well as ensure the annual revenue targets we will address these potentially competing undertakings with ‘Transformational Priorities’ and ‘Operational Priorities’. This will provide us with a balanced approach by ensuring that our total corporate responsibilities are managed and reported on as two distinct but complimentary strategic priorities under this Corporate Plan.

The operationalisation of the Corporate Plan will be managed and delivered through the delivery of the next five Annual Work Plans derived from this Corporate Plan.

Our performance as a revenue administration will be assessed using international best practise benchmarks such as the Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT) and the like. However, the primary measure of our performance to deliver against this Plan will be our ability to meet the Government’s revenue expectations each year. We are morally and legally obligated to do our very best to deliver against Government’s expectations. I am therefore expecting increased levels of professionalism, ethical behaviour and productivity from all IRC staff. I expect my management team and all my staff and to perform to their best for the collective prosperity of our fellow Papua New Guineans.

We, the Executive, the Senior Management Team and the staff of IRC, are committed to delivering improved taxation services and intend to by the end of this Corporate Plan deliver for taxpayers and businesses an improved taxation service that is based on modern ICT technologies which would mean most of our taxpayers having the capability to file tax returns and pay taxes electronically and have improved standardised processes to encourage compliance from all business sectors. I am confident of continuing Government support to us for improvements to tax administration through funding the MTRS and this Corporate Plan. With continued understanding and co-operation from all our stakeholders and taxpayers, we will achieve our vision to “excel as a modern and robust tax administration”.

I commend the IRC Corporate Plan 2018-22 to you and I encourage all of IRC to join with the Commissioners and myself to Strive for Excellence.

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About the MTRS By way of background, the PNG Medium Term Revenue Strategy (MTRS) describes Government’s strategy for reforming the tax policy, tax administration and legal settings over the next 5-10 years to finance PNG’s economic and social development programs. Reforming the revenue system is a complex and specialised task that requires changes across many areas, and affects numerous

stakeholders. The MTRS treats the policy, administrative and legal components of the tax system in a holistic and interactive way as shown in the figure above. The MTRS identifies critical reform areas that will mobilise revenue. In articulating these reforms, the Government is drawing from its own policies as well as from the recommendations of comprehensive tax reviews completed in 2015 by an independent Taxation Review Committee and in 2017 by the International Monetary Fund.

The Government has committed to a 5-year investment plan to support the MTRS under its Medium Term Fiscal Strategy. The investment funding will be in addition to the annual appropriation to deliver core agency outcomes. While the majority of the implementation costs will be borne by Government, backing will be sought from development partners for other costs and support services.

This Corporate Plan (2018-2022) is premised on the MTRS.

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About the MTRS By way of background, the PNG Medium Term Revenue Strategy (MTRS) describes Government’s strategy for reforming the tax policy, tax administration and legal settings over the next 5-10 years to finance PNG’s economic and social development programs. Reforming the revenue system is a complex and specialised task that requires changes across many areas, and affects numerous

stakeholders. The MTRS treats the policy, administrative and legal components of the tax system in a holistic and interactive way as shown in the figure above. The MTRS identifies critical reform areas that will mobilise revenue. In articulating these reforms, the Government is drawing from its own policies as well as from the recommendations of comprehensive tax reviews completed in 2015 by an independent Taxation Review Committee and in 2017 by the International Monetary Fund.

The Government has committed to a 5-year investment plan to support the MTRS under its Medium Term Fiscal Strategy. The investment funding will be in addition to the annual appropriation to deliver core agency outcomes. While the majority of the implementation costs will be borne by Government, backing will be sought from development partners for other costs and support services.

This Corporate Plan (2018-2022) is premised on the MTRS.

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About the Corporate Plan Informants of IRC’s Corporate were mainly drawn from:

The Governments Medium Term Revenue Strategy; 2018 National Budget; Discussions held with the IRC Commissioner General and Commissioners and a selection

of IRC managers and advisors; The Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT).

The key elements of our development strategy over the life of this Corporate Plan include:

strengthening the planning, management and governance competency of the IRC, including the establishment of a project management office;

strengthening IRC’s core roles including the taxpayer registration, processing and collection of outstanding returns and debt;

establishing a large taxpayer office (segment) within IRC that will focus on the compliance of large business entities and high wealth individuals;

establishing a small and medium sized business segment to compliment the small business regime envisaged in the MTRS;

addressing the levels of non – compliance. A “design and monitoring” function will be established to identify priority compliance risks and design interventions to mitigate those risks;

service to taxpayers will be strengthened in each of the branches; developing an ICT strategic plan to identify and support the future needs of taxpayers

and IRC strategy; extending the role of the Internal Audit and Investigation Division to mitigate

institutional risks faced by IRC; rationalizing the technical policy advice role through consolidation of legal expertise; maintaining high standards of staff integrity and ensuring that staff capacity and

capability are at levels that meet the needs of the business; taking account of the Taxation Administration Act that will impact systems, processes

and will require updating of taxpayer literature; implementing changes to tax policies as and when announced in the Annual Budgets;

and re-aligning IRC’s organisational structure to the evolving functions and future direction

of IRC.

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About the Corporate Plan Informants of IRC’s Corporate were mainly drawn from:

The Governments Medium Term Revenue Strategy; 2018 National Budget; Discussions held with the IRC Commissioner General and Commissioners and a selection

of IRC managers and advisors; The Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT).

The key elements of our development strategy over the life of this Corporate Plan include:

strengthening the planning, management and governance competency of the IRC, including the establishment of a project management office;

strengthening IRC’s core roles including the taxpayer registration, processing and collection of outstanding returns and debt;

establishing a large taxpayer office (segment) within IRC that will focus on the compliance of large business entities and high wealth individuals;

establishing a small and medium sized business segment to compliment the small business regime envisaged in the MTRS;

addressing the levels of non – compliance. A “design and monitoring” function will be established to identify priority compliance risks and design interventions to mitigate those risks;

service to taxpayers will be strengthened in each of the branches; developing an ICT strategic plan to identify and support the future needs of taxpayers

and IRC strategy; extending the role of the Internal Audit and Investigation Division to mitigate

institutional risks faced by IRC; rationalizing the technical policy advice role through consolidation of legal expertise; maintaining high standards of staff integrity and ensuring that staff capacity and

capability are at levels that meet the needs of the business; taking account of the Taxation Administration Act that will impact systems, processes

and will require updating of taxpayer literature; implementing changes to tax policies as and when announced in the Annual Budgets;

and re-aligning IRC’s organisational structure to the evolving functions and future direction

of IRC.

Revenue Haus - Ground Floor under this Corporate Plan, 2018-2022

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IRCÊ InstitutionalÊ StrengtheningÊ andÊ ReformÊ

IRC will undertake an all-encompassing and balanced institutional strengthening and reform program to include the following strategies:

Enhanced Governance and Management Systems; strengthened leadership, management and governance arrangements.

Taxpayer Segmentation; different sized taxpayers have different needs and pose different compliance risks.

Self-assessment; replacing the outdated manual processing of tax returns with new e-filing technology.

Service Oriented Approaches to Facilitate Voluntary Compliance; building a taxpayer services function to provide taxpayers with higher levels of service and programs to educate existing and future taxpayers.

Extensive Use of IT; investing in a ‘next generation’ revenue administration system as a significant component of the administrative reform agenda;

Streamlined Systems and Procedures; making it easier for taxpayers to comply whilst simultaneously reducing large volumes of paper processing.

Strengthening Core Tax Processes; achieving a critical mass of processing capacity in the medium term, to ensure that processing backlogs do not occur, while seeking improvements to systems and processes that will ultimately reduce workload and improve service delivery.

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About IRC Vision:

“We excel as a modern and robust tax administration”

Mission: “We contribute to PNG’s economic prosperity by optimising revenue collection through well

governed and transparent processes in partnership with our stakeholders”

Values: Personal:Ê

Passionate:Ê Ê I am energetic, enthusiastic, dependable, loyal and dedicated to my work

Respectful:Ê Ê I am courteous, impartial and considerate Ê ÊProfessional:Ê I am diligent, responsible, productive and

timely in performing my duties Honest:Ê I am ethical, truthful, accountable, open

and transparent in all my dealings Ê

Organisational/Business:Ê

Taxpayer:Ê Ê Ê The taxpayer is integral to our business Ê ÊHighÊ performance:Ê Ê Ê We value productivity and quality service Ê ÊOneÊ organisation:Ê Ê We work and support each other as one

team Partnership:Ê Ê Ê We collaborate with our stakeholders Ê ÊInnovation:Ê Ê Ê We transform by embracing learning and

continuous improvement

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risk

to b

usin

ess

deliv

ery

b.

Faci

litat

e th

e ne

cess

ary

trai

ning

s in

liai

son

with

HR

Trai

ning

Uni

t 7.

3.2.

D

evel

op a

nd d

eliv

er q

ualit

y ta

x ad

min

istr

atio

n tr

aini

ng

a.

IRC’

s tr

aini

ng p

acka

ges

are

deve

lope

d, a

ppro

ved

b.

Tax

Adm

inis

trat

ion

qual

ifica

tions

hav

e be

en e

stab

lishe

d an

d re

gist

ered

as

PNG

Pu

blic

Sec

tor T

ax A

dmin

istr

atio

n Q

ualif

icat

ions

in th

e N

atio

nal Q

ualif

icat

ions

Fr

amew

ork

c.

IRC

staf

f are

trai

ned

to d

eliv

er a

nd a

sses

s tr

aini

ng p

acka

ges

d.

Del

iver

qua

lity

tax

adm

inis

trat

ion

trai

ning

to s

taff

e.

St

aff t

rain

ing

oppo

rtun

ities

suc

h as

sch

olar

ship

s, in

tern

al tr

aini

ng a

nd e

xter

nal

stud

y su

ppor

t opp

ortu

nitie

s ar

e de

velo

ped

and

impl

emen

ted

7.3.

3.

A Ta

x Le

arni

ng a

nd D

evel

opm

ent A

cade

my

is e

stab

lishe

d an

d re

cogn

ised

as,

or a

ffilia

ted

with

, a

Regi

ster

ed T

rain

ing

Org

anis

atio

n

With

in th

e H

R St

rate

gy, d

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent a

Tra

inin

g St

rate

gy

7.3.

4.

Staf

f per

form

ance

is a

ctiv

ely

man

aged

by

a.

Staf

f pro

duct

ivity

and

per

form

ance

is m

anag

ed in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

IRC

Staf

f

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The Internal Revenue Commission (IRC) is an organisation that continues to evolve as we strive for excellence, aspiring to meet and exceed Government’s performance expectations. We are therefore a learning organisation; one that embraces change and modernisation. IRC is in the process of transforming into modern revenue administration. However, we are also proud of our administrative and cultural heritage as an organisation having more than 60 years in tax collection.

The IRC collects the majority of PNG’s revenue and this responsibility is one that we take seriously. In addition to other taxes, we administer the collection of Income Tax, Salary and Wage Tax and Goods and Services Tax (GST). As part of our responsibilities, we educate taxpayers about their tax obligations, process their tax returns and take action against those taxpayers who avoid tax. We also assist Treasury on the development of tax policy.

Although IRC has been in existence since well before Independence, during our last Corporate Plan (2013-17) we became a Statutory Authority, re-established by the Internal Revenue Commission Act 2014. This means that IRC is no longer a Department within the PNG Government Public Service allowing us to exercise a greater degree of autonomy and bringing us into line with other progressive Revenue Administrations across the globe. Working within our annual budget allocation, we are now able to determine our own organisational structure, internally manage our workforce and improve employment conditions for our staff. However this transition has also brought with it more rigorous accountability standards and greater expectations from Government. We therefore enjoy improved benefit in return for higher performance and improved service standards.

We currently have more than 700 staff, most of whom are based in our main office in Port Moresby. In addition, we currently have offices in 19 other locations across Papua New Guinea. During the last Corporate Plan, we opened Regional Tax Centres in Lae and Kokopo to provide better taxpayer access to IRC’s services as well as providing IRC employment opportunities outside Port Moresby.

As a learning organisation we are is continually redefining, developing and improving ourselves. We are proud of our zero tolerance policy against corruption and are committed to high standards of governance, integrity and accountability, both to the Government and to the community. We strongly embrace the principles of non-discrimination in our workplace and have become recognised as an “employer of choice” within the community.

We are proud of our tradition of being an organisation that does not discriminate on tribalism, race or gender; our people come from every region of PNG and other countries. We have recruited significant numbers of entry level staff towards the end of the last Corporate Plan. This means that

we have a predominantly young and very vibrant workforce that has an almost equal number of males and females. Our staff are successful at work and outside of work and actively participate in church, sport and the community. Organisationally, the IRC actively participates in community initiatives such as supporting the fight corruption, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion initiatives, HIV/AIDS and other social issues. Revenue Haus, our Port Moresby headquarters, was recognised as a Meri Seif Ples under our last Corporate Plan.

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ilisin

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Pros

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effic

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, effe

ctiv

e an

d tr

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t re

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ing

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

incl

udin

g re

venu

e co

llect

ions

, tru

st a

ccou

nts,

reco

ncili

atio

n of

co

llect

ions

and

mee

ts a

ll go

vern

ance

, com

mun

ity

and

lega

l com

plia

nce

requ

irem

ents

eval

uate

d &

repo

rted

on.

b.

Re

late

d po

licie

s an

d CA

Os

prep

ared

, dis

sem

inat

ed a

nd tr

aini

ng p

rovi

ded

c.

Reve

nue

and

acco

untin

g pr

oces

ses

are

man

aged

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith g

over

nmen

t po

licie

s an

d in

tern

atio

nal a

ccou

ntin

g st

anda

rds

d.

IRC’

s fin

anci

al a

nd re

venu

e re

port

s ar

e pr

epar

ed a

nd d

isse

min

ated

in a

tim

ely

man

ner a

nd in

acc

orda

nce

with

IRC

and

Gov

ernm

ent a

ccou

ntin

g st

anda

rds

6.2.

2.

The

annu

al fi

nanc

es a

nd b

udge

t are

pr

epar

ed, m

anag

ed a

nd a

ccou

ntab

ly o

vers

ight

ed

a.

Man

age

IRC’

s op

erat

iona

l bud

get i

n ac

cord

ance

with

the

stra

tegi

c pr

iorit

ies

as s

et

by th

e Co

mm

issi

on a

nd w

ithin

the

Nat

iona

l Bud

get/

Expe

nditu

re a

nd c

ash

dist

ribut

ion

requ

irem

ents

6.

3.

Effic

ient

and

con

sist

ent

supp

ort s

ervi

ces

are

prov

ided

to

sta

ff an

d bu

sine

ss u

nits

6.3.

1.

Fina

nce

& A

dmin

istr

atio

n Se

rvic

es P

lan

(FAS

P)

a.

Dev

elop

, rev

iew

and

ann

ually

refin

e th

e FA

SP

b.

Reve

nue

Acco

untin

g, F

inan

ce &

Bud

get,

Prop

ertie

s &

Fac

ilitie

s, Sy

stem

s &

Re

port

ing

prep

ared

, res

ourc

ed, i

mpl

emen

ted,

mon

itore

d, e

valu

ated

& re

port

ed o

n.

In a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e FA

SP

6.3.

2.

All f

acili

ties,

equi

pmen

t and

ass

ets

of th

e or

gani

satio

n ar

e ef

fect

ivel

y an

d ac

coun

tabl

y m

anag

ed

IRC

Asse

t Mai

nten

ance

& P

rocu

rem

ent P

lan

prep

ared

, res

ourc

ed, i

mpl

emen

ted,

m

onito

red,

eva

luat

ed &

repo

rted

on

6.3.

3.

IRC

is a

ccom

mod

ated

in fi

t for

pur

pose

fa

cilit

ies

that

cat

er fo

r effi

cien

t tax

adm

inis

trat

ion

IR

C pr

oper

ty &

bui

ldin

g m

anag

emen

t pla

n is

pre

pare

d, re

sour

ced,

impl

emen

ted,

m

onito

red,

eva

luat

ed &

repo

rted

6.

3.4.

H

ousi

ng, t

rans

port

, m

edic

al a

nd o

ther

su

ppor

t ser

vice

s ar

e pr

ovid

ed w

ithin

Gov

ernm

ent

guid

elin

es

a.

IRC

hous

ing

polic

y is

dev

elop

ed &

mai

ntai

ned

b.

Plan

to im

plem

ent h

ousi

ng p

olic

y is

pre

pare

d, re

sour

ced,

impl

emen

ted,

mon

itore

d,

eval

uate

d &

repo

rted

on

c.

Hou

sing

mai

nten

ance

pla

n is

pre

pare

d, re

sour

ced,

impl

emen

ted,

mon

itore

d &

ev

alua

ted

d.

IRC

Flee

t Pla

n is

pre

pare

d, re

sour

ced,

impl

emen

ted,

mon

itore

d, e

valu

ated

&

repo

rted

on

e.

Med

ical

and

oth

er s

uppo

rt s

ervi

ces

are

prov

ided

to s

taff

and

busi

ness

uni

ts

6.3.

5.

IRC’

s bu

sine

ss a

ctiv

ities

are

fully

sup

port

ed

by a

ppro

pria

te a

nd e

ffect

ive

info

rmat

ion,

te

chno

logy

and

com

mun

icat

ion

syst

ems

and

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith th

e IT

Str

ateg

ic P

lan

a.

IRC

has

an e

ffect

ive

ICT

Infr

astr

uctu

re th

at is

cap

ably

gov

erne

d an

d m

anag

ed

b.

Key

ICT

serv

ices

are

cap

ably

del

iver

ed a

nd a

re a

ligne

d to

bus

ines

s ne

eds

c.

Ap

plic

able

cor

e an

d no

n-co

re b

usin

ess

appl

icat

ions

are

impl

emen

ted

and

supp

orte

d

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Mob

ilisin

g Re

venu

e, C

reat

ing

Pros

perit

y

Serv

ices

d.

Ef

fect

ive

disp

utes

& a

ppea

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ervi

ces

– IT

RT a

nd th

e Co

urts

e.

Ef

fect

ive

enfo

rcem

ent &

pro

secu

tion

actio

ns

5.

4.2.

Ad

visi

ng (T

ax T

echn

ical

& C

omm

erci

al)

a.

Stak

ehol

ders

hav

e co

nfid

ence

in th

e pr

ovis

ion

of ta

x te

chni

cal l

egal

adv

ice

b.

Legi

slat

ion

chan

ges

and

advi

ce is

com

mun

icat

ed to

all

staf

f in

a tim

ely

fash

ion

c.

Gen

eral

lega

l adv

isor

y w

ork,

cor

pora

te g

over

nanc

e an

d st

atut

ory

com

plia

nce

d.

Th

e Co

mm

issi

oner

Gen

eral

and

the

IRC

is p

rofe

ssio

nally

repr

esen

ted

at d

omes

tic

and

inte

rnat

iona

l for

ums

e.

M

anag

ing

inte

rnat

iona

l com

plia

nce

requ

irem

ents

incl

udin

g BE

P’s

f. Id

entif

ying

exp

loita

tion

of u

nint

ende

d lo

opho

les

in p

olic

y an

d le

gisl

atio

n w

hen

cont

ribut

ing

to ta

x po

licy

deve

lopm

ent

g.

Dev

elop

pol

icy

rulin

gs a

nd in

terp

reta

tion

stat

emen

ts in

clud

ing

stan

dard

pra

ctic

e st

atem

ents

;

6.

IRC

is a

dequ

atel

y re

sour

ced

and

effe

ctiv

ely

man

ages

and

gov

erns

thos

e re

sour

ces

Out

com

e O

bjec

tive

s 2

018

2019

20

20

2021

20

22

6.1.

Effec

tively

plan

, man

age a

nd

gove

rn

6.1.

1.

IRC

has

robu

st p

lann

ing

and

repo

rtin

g fr

amew

orks

a.

La

unch

IRC

Cor

pora

te P

lan

/ re

view

and

revi

se a

nnua

lly

b.

Use

r req

uire

men

ts id

entif

ied,

and

pro

cedu

re &

tim

etab

le fo

r pre

para

tion

and

diss

emin

atio

n of

lega

l ext

erna

l & in

tern

al o

pera

tiona

l rep

orts

pre

pare

d, re

sour

ced

& im

plem

ente

d c.

An

nual

wor

k pl

ans

are

activ

ely

used

to g

uide

wor

k an

d re

port

s d.

Re

view

& re

port

on

key

gove

rnan

ce m

echa

nism

s e.

g. m

onth

ly

6.1.

2.

IRC’

s go

vern

ance

pro

cess

es a

re e

ffect

ive

and

tran

spar

ent

a.

Exec

utiv

e G

over

nanc

e Co

mm

ittee

s ar

e he

ld a

nd o

utco

mes

reco

rded

b.

Ex

tens

ive

use

of th

e IR

C In

tran

et is

use

d to

enh

ance

gov

erna

nce

6.1.

3.

IRC

char

ters

, pol

icy,

pro

cedu

res,

proc

esse

s an

d gu

idel

ines

are

dis

sem

inat

ed in

the

IRC

Gov

erna

nce

Fram

ewor

k an

d fa

cilit

ate

good

go

vern

ance

a.

The

IRC

Polic

y Fr

amew

ork

is m

anag

ed

b.

ITAS

Pro

cess

es a

re c

aptu

red

in th

e Po

licy

Fram

ewor

k c.

Co

rpor

ate

polic

ies

are

impl

emen

ted

6.2.

Fi

nanc

ial m

anag

emen

t is

6.2.

1.

IRC

is fu

lly c

ompl

iant

with

resp

ect t

o a.

Sc

opin

g st

udy

proj

ect p

lan

prep

ared

, res

ourc

ed, i

mpl

emen

ted,

mon

itore

d,

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Mob

ilisin

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venu

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Pros

perit

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Tran

sfor

mat

iona

l Prio

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s:

1.

Stre

ngth

en p

lann

ing,

man

agem

ent a

nd g

over

nanc

e

Init

iati

ves

Act

ivit

y

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

1.1.

Re

- de

sign

, dev

elop

and

im

plem

ent p

lann

ing,

m

anag

emen

t, go

vern

ance

and

re

port

ing

proc

esse

s to

fact

or

the

incr

ease

d ac

coun

tabi

lity

and

perf

orm

ance

exp

ecta

tions

of

Gov

ernm

ent,

follo

win

g th

e re

leas

e of

the

MTR

S an

d th

e in

crea

sed

fund

ing

anno

unce

men

t in

the

2018

bu

dget

.

1.1.

1.

Annu

ally

revi

ew a

nd re

fres

h IR

C’s

five-

year

co

rpor

ate

plan

. Re

view

and

refr

esh

IRC’

s fiv

e-ye

ar c

orpo

rate

pla

n.

1.1.

2.

Dev

elop

an

inte

grat

ed a

nd c

oord

inat

ed

annu

al p

lann

ing

prog

ram

that

eng

ages

the

desi

gn,

deliv

ery

and

supp

ort b

usin

ess

divi

sion

s.

Dev

elop

and

dep

loy

an

inte

grat

ed a

nnua

l pla

nnin

g pr

ogra

m th

at e

ngag

es th

e co

re

deliv

ery

and

supp

ort b

usin

ess

divi

sion

s.

Impl

emen

t the

ann

ual p

lann

ing

prog

ram

with

in

IRC.

1.1.

3.

With

in IR

C, re

view

gov

erna

nce

arra

ngem

ents

to e

nsur

e IR

C ha

s ex

pert

ise

to

eval

uate

and

mon

itor t

he o

rgan

isat

iona

l de

velo

pmen

ts in

the

area

s of

cor

e an

d su

ppor

ting

busi

ness

des

ign

and

deliv

ery,

Des

ign

and

deve

lop

man

agem

ent

and

gove

rnan

ce

proc

esse

s.

Scop

e go

vern

ance

fr

amew

ork

and

proc

ess

with

in

IRC.

Dev

elop

and

impl

emen

t IRC

’s g

over

nanc

e pr

oces

s.

1.1.

4.

Esta

blis

h a

stru

ctur

ed m

anag

emen

t pro

cess

th

at m

onito

rs b

usin

ess

deliv

ery

agai

nst p

lann

ed

mea

sure

s an

d m

ilest

ones

and

take

rem

edia

l ac

tions

whe

n re

quire

d.

Impl

emen

t a

stru

ctur

ed

man

agem

ent

proc

ess.

Revi

ew th

e ef

fect

iven

ess

off t

he m

anag

emen

t pr

oces

s an

d ta

ke re

med

ial s

teps

whe

re re

quire

d.

1.1.

5.

Dev

elop

and

impl

emen

t a P

roje

ct

Man

agem

ent O

ffice

to m

onito

r and

impl

emen

t M

TRS

tran

sfor

mat

iona

l act

iviti

es.

Esta

blis

h th

e Pr

ojec

t M

anag

emen

t O

ffice

and

Ap

poin

t M

anag

er

Refo

rms.

Ope

rate

the

proj

ect m

anag

emen

t offi

ce

IRC-

Mob

ilisin

g Re

venu

e, C

reat

ing

Pros

perit

y

5.2.

La

rge

Taxp

ayer

s’ n

eeds

ar

e m

et

5.2.

1.

Qua

lity

advi

se is

pro

vide

d to

Lar

ge

Taxp

ayer

s a.

Im

prov

e ac

cess

and

dis

trib

utio

n of

tax

info

rmat

ion

and

decl

arat

ion

form

s b.

Co

ordi

nate

with

key

taxp

ayer

s an

d in

dust

ry p

artn

ers

to im

prov

e se

rvic

es

c.

Prom

ote

and

cond

uct r

egul

ar p

erio

dic

foru

ms,

mee

tings

and

wor

ksho

ps o

n co

mpl

ianc

e d.

Co

nduc

t adv

isor

y/ad

min

istr

ativ

e su

ppor

t act

iviti

es

5.2.

2.

Use

the

PNG

Ris

k M

odel

and

Com

plia

nce

Stra

tegy

to in

fluen

ce ta

xpay

ers

with

a ra

nge

of

com

plia

nce

resp

onse

a.

Dev

elop

cap

abili

ty, a

udit

trai

ning

and

sta

ndar

d pr

oced

ures

to b

ench

mar

k hi

gh ri

sk

indu

strie

s b.

Fr

om a

Ris

k ba

sed

appr

oach

, con

duct

lim

ited

scop

e au

dits

, com

preh

ensi

ve a

udit

and

cond

uct d

ebt r

ecov

ery

actio

ns

5.2.

3.

Impr

ove

elec

tron

ic a

cces

s fo

r Lar

ge

Taxp

ayer

s

a.

Impl

emen

t ele

ctro

nic

regi

stra

tion,

filin

g an

d pa

ymen

t b.

Pr

opos

e m

anda

tory

ele

ctro

nic

subm

issi

ons

of k

ey d

ecla

ratio

ns

5.2.

4.

Impr

oved

ser

vice

to T

ax A

gent

s Es

tabl

ish

a be

nchm

ark

for t

ax a

gent

s lo

dgin

g an

d pa

ying

on

beha

lf of

clie

nts

5.3.

Se

rvic

ing

Smal

l and

M

ediu

m E

nter

pris

es (S

ME)

5.

3.1.

Q

ualit

y ad

vise

is p

rovi

ded

to S

ME

Taxp

ayer

s a.

Es

tabl

ish

outb

ound

cal

l cen

tre

to a

cces

s re

gist

ratio

n, lo

dgem

ents

and

pay

men

ts.

b.

Ta

rget

com

mun

icat

ion

cam

paig

n fo

r reg

istr

atio

ns –

esp

ecia

lly p

rovi

ncia

l and

di

stric

t tow

ns.

c.

Impl

emen

t ‘rig

ht fr

om th

e st

art’

prog

ram

via

city

/tow

n co

unci

l offi

ces.

d.

Im

prov

e ac

cess

and

dis

trib

utio

n of

tax

info

rmat

ion

and

decl

arat

ion

form

s.

e.

Coor

dina

te w

ith c

ity/p

rovi

ncia

l cou

ncils

and

oth

er in

dust

ry p

artn

ers

to im

prov

e se

rvic

es.

f. Pr

omot

e an

d co

nduc

t reg

ular

per

iodi

c fo

rum

s, m

eetin

gs a

nd w

orks

hops

on

tax

com

plia

nce

5.3.

2.

SME

Taxp

ayer

Com

plia

nce

is im

prov

ed

a.

Intr

oduc

e ta

ilore

d SM

E ta

x pr

ogra

ms

to re

duce

com

plia

nce

cost

s.

b.

Targ

et s

elec

ted

segm

ents

of t

axpa

yers

for r

egis

trat

ion

and

defa

ult a

sses

smen

ts.

c.

Leve

rage

from

new

third

par

ty d

ata

on b

usin

ess

regi

stra

tion,

con

sum

ptio

n, w

ork

perm

its, b

ank

acco

unts

, city

& p

rovi

ncia

l cou

ncils

. d.

D

evel

op c

apab

ility

, aud

it tr

aini

ng a

nd s

tand

ard

proc

edur

es to

ben

chm

ark

high

risk

in

dust

ries

e.

From

a ri

sk b

ased

app

roac

h, c

ondu

ct li

mite

d sc

ope

audi

ts, c

ompr

ehen

sive

aud

it an

d co

nduc

t des

k au

dits

f.

Targ

et a

t lea

st o

ne s

ucce

ssfu

l ref

erra

l fro

m e

ach

SME

segm

ent f

or c

rimin

al

pros

ecut

ion

5.4.

Th

e IR

C is

ass

iste

d w

ith

achi

evin

g its

cor

pora

te a

nd

divi

sion

al o

bjec

tives

thro

ugh

effe

ctiv

e an

d re

liabl

e Le

gal

5.4.

1 L

itiga

tion

(Tax

& N

on-T

ax)

a.

Impr

oved

com

plia

nce

initi

ativ

es to

redu

ce ta

xpay

er c

ompl

ianc

e co

sts

and

enco

urag

e ac

cura

te re

port

ing

– in

line

with

Tas

k Fo

rce

activ

ities

. b.

Re

pres

ent t

he o

rgan

izat

ion

in li

tigat

ion

and

adju

dica

tion

case

s c.

Ef

fect

ive

debt

reco

very

& c

olle

ctio

n

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IRC-

Mob

ilisin

g Re

venu

e, C

reat

ing

Pros

perit

y

1.2.

En

hanc

ing

Reve

nue

Gov

erna

nce

and

Man

agem

ent

Syst

ems

1.2.

1.

The

who

le-o

f-go

vern

men

t fin

anci

al

man

agem

ent s

yste

m (I

FMS)

is im

plem

ente

d

1. A

sset

M

odul

e Co

mm

issi

oned

2. B

usin

ess

Inte

llige

nce

3. R

ecei

ptin

g

4. e

-Rep

ortin

g

5. X

LOne

M

odel

ling

1.

ePro

cure

men

t

2. In

vent

ory/

St

ores

3.

Requ

isiti

onin

g

1.2.

2.

Addi

tiona

l key

fina

ncia

l man

agem

ent

posi

tions

are

est

ablis

hed

and

recr

uite

d to

Re

crui

t ad

ditio

nal k

ey

staf

f

Refin

e St

ruct

ure

1.2.

3.

The

bank

reco

ncili

atio

n pr

oces

s fo

r all

IRC

reve

nue

acco

unts

is a

utom

ated

in IF

MS

Dev

elop

and

im

plem

ent

auto

mat

ed

syst

em

Ope

rate

sy

stem

to

reco

ncile

all

acco

unts

Refin

e sy

stem

to

ens

ure

com

patib

ility

w

ith n

ew IT

AS

Ope

rate

sys

tem

to re

conc

ile a

ll ac

coun

ts

1.2.

4.

The

Com

mis

sion

’s p

olic

ies

are

deve

lope

d,

refin

ed a

nd th

eir i

mpl

emen

tatio

n is

man

aged

and

m

onito

red

All o

f IRC

’s o

pera

tiona

l and

man

agem

ent p

olic

ies,

proc

esse

s an

d pr

oced

ures

are

pr

ogre

ssiv

ely

deve

lope

d, a

nd u

pdat

ed

1.2.

5.

TAD

AT a

sses

smen

ts a

re c

ondu

cted

and

th

eir r

ecom

men

datio

ns a

re in

clud

ed a

s ac

tiviti

es in

th

e an

nual

wor

k pl

ans

for i

mpl

emen

tatio

n

Impl

emen

t rec

omm

enda

tions

fr

om IR

C’s

Info

rmal

201

6 TA

DAT

Co

nduc

t fo

rmal

TAD

AT

Impl

emen

t rec

omm

enda

tions

fr

om IR

C’s

Form

al 2

020

TAD

AT

1.3.

Im

prov

ed H

uman

Re

sour

ces

Man

agem

ent

Capa

bilit

y

1.3.

1.

The

IRC

Hum

an R

esou

rces

Str

ateg

ic P

lan,

H

R M

anag

emen

t Sys

tem

and

Wor

kfor

ce P

lan

are

defin

ed a

nd d

evel

oped

The

HR

Stra

tegi

c Pl

an is

dev

elop

ed, i

mpl

emen

ted,

mon

itore

d an

d m

aint

aine

d

Revi

ew, d

esig

n an

d im

plem

ent a

robu

st p

erfo

rman

ce m

anag

emen

t pro

gram

acr

oss

the

IRC

a.

HR’

s ro

les,

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

and

rela

tions

hips

with

sta

keho

lder

s, c

lient

s an

d cu

stom

ers

will

be

deve

lope

d an

d de

fined

b.

G

radu

ate

and

Cade

t Dev

elop

men

t Sch

emes

are

to b

e de

velo

ped

and

impl

emen

ted

HR

busi

ness

pro

cess

es a

re a

utom

ated

, sta

ndar

dise

d, a

nd in

tegr

ated

thro

ugh

the

IRC-

Mob

ilisin

g Re

venu

e, C

reat

ing

Pros

perit

y

Ope

ratio

nal P

riorit

ies:

5.

IRC

will

ach

ieve

exp

ecte

d re

venu

e ou

tcom

es

Obj

ecti

ve

Out

com

e 2

018

2019

20

20

2021

20

22

5.1.

Ad

min

iste

r Tax

es a

nd

Colle

ct R

even

ue

5.1.

1.

Tax

Proc

essi

ng is

effi

cien

t and

effe

ctiv

e a.

Al

l typ

es o

f ret

urns

and

oth

er lo

dgem

ents

are

effi

cien

tly p

roce

ssed

in a

tim

ely

man

ner

b.

All t

axpa

yers

are

fairl

y as

sess

ed w

ith th

e le

gally

cor

rect

am

ount

of t

ax p

ayab

le

c.

Non

-com

plia

nt re

turn

s, w

ithho

ldin

g st

atem

ents

and

reco

ncili

atio

ns a

re p

rom

ptly

id

entif

ied

d.

Ove

rpai

d ta

xes

are

prom

ptly

pro

cess

ed a

nd re

fund

ed

5.1.

2.

Reve

nue

tran

sfer

s ar

e m

anag

ed a

nd

adm

inis

tere

d ef

ficie

ntly

a.

Re

venu

e tr

ansf

ers

are

regu

larly

mad

e in

acc

orda

nce

with

Dep

artm

ent o

f Fin

ance

an

d Pr

ovin

cial

Adm

inis

trat

ion

expe

ctat

ions

b.

Re

venu

e an

alys

is is

regu

larly

con

duct

ed a

nd re

port

s ar

e di

strib

uted

to in

tern

al a

nd

exte

rnal

sta

keho

lder

s on

a ti

mel

y ba

sis

5.1.

3.

All e

ligib

le ta

xpay

ers

are

regi

ster

ed

a.

Regu

larly

upd

ate

taxp

ayer

s’ p

rofil

es

b.

Conf

irm c

ompa

ny d

etai

ls u

pon

regi

stra

tion

c.

Co

nduc

t a N

atio

nal r

egis

trat

ion

cam

paig

n 5.

1.4.

D

ebt R

educ

tion

and

Colle

ctio

n is

opt

imis

ed

a.

Non

-pay

men

t of t

ax li

abili

ties

are

prom

ptly

follo

wed

up,

deb

t rec

over

y is

enf

orce

d an

d ag

ed d

ebts

are

min

imiz

ed b

y is

suin

g de

man

d no

tices

and

taki

ng fi

rmer

en

forc

emen

t act

ions

(Gar

nish

ee N

otic

es, D

irect

or P

enal

ty N

otic

es, D

epar

ture

Pr

ohib

ition

Ord

er, e

tc.)

b.

Cond

uct a

com

preh

ensi

ve s

tock

take

of a

ll de

bt c

ases

and

writ

ing

off u

ncol

lect

able

de

bt

c.

Ensu

re th

at d

ebt i

s no

t allo

wed

to a

ge a

nd b

ecom

e un

colle

ctab

le; t

he d

ebt m

ust b

e re

cove

red

whe

n it

is fr

esh

by ta

king

ear

ly c

olle

ctio

n ac

tions

(tel

epho

ne d

ebt

chas

ing,

em

ails

, iss

uanc

e of

dem

and

notic

es, I

ssua

nce

of N

otic

e To

Tak

e Le

gal

Actio

n, e

tc.)

d.

Fully

impl

emen

t str

inge

nt m

easu

res

for d

ebt c

olle

ctio

n to

the

exte

nt a

s pr

ovid

ed

for u

nder

the

tax

law

s; in

itiat

e pr

osec

utio

n ac

tions

on

non-

lodg

men

ts a

nd

outs

tand

ing

debt

s.

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IRC-

Mob

ilisin

g Re

venu

e, C

reat

ing

Pros

perit

y

adop

tion

of e

nhan

ced

syst

ems

1.3.

2.

Impr

oved

sta

ff co

nditi

ons

of e

mpl

oym

ent

are

impr

oved

and

bet

ter r

emun

erat

ion

pack

ages

ar

e de

velo

ped

and

impl

emen

ted

Revi

ew a

nd d

evel

op IR

C’s

staf

f rem

uner

atio

n pa

ckag

es, H

R po

licie

s an

d co

nditi

ons

of

serv

ice

and

impl

emen

t in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith S

CMC

appr

oval

s

2.

Stre

ngth

en c

ore

busi

ness

del

iver

y

Init

iati

ves

Act

ivit

y 20

18

2019

20

20

2021

20

22

2.1.

Im

prov

e Ta

xpay

er

Regi

stra

tion

2.

1.1.

Cr

eate

acc

urat

e ta

xpay

er re

gist

ratio

n de

tails

and

revi

ew/

rede

sign

the

taxp

ayer

re

gist

ratio

n pr

oces

s

a.

Eval

uate

how

cur

rent

dat

a cl

eans

ing

initi

ativ

es c

an b

e im

prov

ed to

im

prov

e th

e in

tegr

ity o

f the

tax

regi

ster

b.

Es

tabl

ish

an in

tegr

ated

regi

stra

tion

man

agem

ent p

roce

ss

c.

Liai

se w

ith re

leva

nt s

take

hold

ers

and

refin

e pr

oces

ses

to im

prov

e th

e re

gist

ratio

n pr

oces

s

d.

Reso

lve

regi

stra

tion

issu

es w

ith th

e ba

nks

to e

nsur

e a

clea

r un

ders

tand

ing

of th

e pr

oces

s an

d en

sure

TIN

num

bers

are

bei

ng

capt

ured

and

pro

perly

link

ed to

ba

nk a

ccou

nts

Incl

ude

the

regi

stra

tion

proc

ess

with

in th

e re

spon

sibi

lity

of T

axpa

yer S

ervi

ces

Div

isio

n

2.2.

Im

prov

e Ta

x Pr

oces

sing

2.

2.1.

En

hanc

e th

e ef

fect

iven

ess

and

effic

ienc

y of

th

e pr

oces

sing

func

tion

to c

lear

bac

klog

s an

d im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

of t

axpa

yer o

utpu

t to

an

acce

ptab

le le

vel.

a.

Min

imiz

e st

aff e

ntry

err

ors

to a

n ac

cept

able

leve

l thr

ough

trai

ning

and

mon

itorin

g.

b.

Wor

k w

ith IC

T to

col

lect

ivel

y m

inim

ize

SIG

TAS

gene

rate

d er

rors

. c.

Re

duce

the

back

log

of p

roce

ssin

g w

ork

thro

ugh

grea

ter e

ffici

ency

and

pro

duct

ion,

ba

lanc

ed w

ith fu

rthe

r rec

ruitm

ent a

nd tr

aini

ng e

ffort

. d.

Ex

istin

g ta

x re

cord

s ar

e di

gitis

ed to

pro

vide

eas

y an

d ef

ficie

nt a

cces

s to

com

plet

e ta

xpay

er re

cord

s

IRC-

Mob

ilisin

g Re

venu

e, C

reat

ing

Pros

perit

y

4.7

.Sm

all b

usin

ess

regi

me

4.

7.1.

Des

ign

a si

mpl

ified

sys

tem

for t

ax c

alcu

latio

n an

d pa

ymen

t

4.8.

Fi

ll th

e ta

x ga

ps a

nd

Expa

nd th

e ta

x ba

se

4.8.

1.

Revi

ew th

e in

trod

uctio

n of

a b

ank

levy

4.8.

2.

Intr

oduc

e CG

T on

real

pro

pert

y in

clud

ing

min

ing

and

petr

oleu

m li

cens

es

4.8.

3.

Dev

elop

a b

road

pol

icy

and

proc

edur

es fo

r fe

es a

nd c

harg

es a

nd re

view

non

-tax

fees

and

ch

arge

s

4.8.

4.

Revi

ew re

sour

ce re

venu

e re

gim

e

4.9.

Pe

rson

al In

com

e Ta

x

4.9.

1.

Reba

lanc

e th

e ta

x co

mpo

sitio

n fr

om

inco

me

to c

onsu

mpt

ion

by re

lievi

ng th

e ta

x bu

rden

on

labo

r inc

ome

4.10

. G

oods

and

Ser

vice

s Ta

x

4.10

.1.

Bro

aden

the

GST

tax

base

by

limiti

ng th

e ex

tens

ive

use

of z

ero

ratin

g;

4.10

.2.

Rev

iew

an

incr

ease

in th

e G

ST ra

te

depe

ndin

g on

the

reve

nue

need

and

im

plem

enta

tion

of a

ltern

ativ

e ta

xes

4.11

. Im

plem

ent A

nnua

l Bu

dget

Cha

nges

4.

11.1

. C

ontr

ibut

e to

dev

elop

ing

and

impl

emen

ting

polic

y an

d le

gisl

ativ

e ch

ange

s ar

isin

g fr

om th

e A

nnua

l Nat

iona

l Gov

ernm

ent

Budg

et a

s it

appl

ies

to th

e ad

min

istr

atio

n of

taxe

s

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IRC-

Mob

ilisin

g Re

venu

e, C

reat

ing

Pros

perit

y

2.3.

O

utst

andi

ng R

etur

ns a

nd

Deb

t 2.

3.1

Dev

elop

and

impl

emen

t a n

ew s

trat

egy

base

d on

ups

trea

m m

anag

emen

t and

a fo

cus

on

new

deb

t

Dev

elop

a D

ebt a

nd R

etur

n Co

llect

ion

Stra

tegy

and

impl

emen

t foc

used

on:

a.

m

anag

ing

upst

ream

pro

cess

es w

ithin

IRC

to p

reve

nt d

ebt a

risin

g,

b.

early

col

lect

ion

of d

ebt;

c.

pe

rfor

man

ce m

easu

res

of e

xpec

ted

perf

orm

ance

; and

d.

id

entif

ying

non

lodg

ers

and

non-

paye

rs th

roug

h th

e RB

A to

ol a

nd re

ferr

ing

to

DLE

D.

2.4.

Re

venu

e In

telli

genc

e an

d Ri

sk M

anag

emen

t 2.

4.1.

A

com

plia

nce

stra

tegy

and

risk

mod

el fo

r PN

G is

dev

elop

ed a

nd im

plem

ente

d a.

Th

e PN

G C

ompl

ianc

e Ri

sk S

trat

egy

is d

evel

oped

, im

plem

ente

d an

d re

view

ed

b.

The

com

plia

nce

risk

asse

ssm

ent m

etho

dolo

gy is

dev

elop

ed a

ctiv

ely

used

to in

form

co

mpl

ianc

e ac

tiviti

es

c.

The

com

plia

nce

risk

mod

el is

con

tinua

lly im

prov

ed a

nd th

e Co

mpl

ianc

e St

rate

gy

upda

ted

2.4.

2.

An e

xten

sive

and

wel

l sec

ured

dat

abas

e to

su

ppor

t IRC

’s R

even

ue In

telli

genc

e fu

nctio

ns is

de

velo

ped

a.

The

colle

ctio

n of

taxp

ayer

s’ in

form

atio

n th

roug

h au

tom

atic

sha

ring

of in

form

atio

n is

str

engt

hene

d th

roug

h M

OU

s, In

tern

atio

nal A

gree

men

ts a

nd o

ther

rele

vant

fr

amew

ork.

b.

Ta

x pa

yer d

ata

is m

atch

ed a

gain

st b

ank

acco

unts

to g

athe

r rev

enue

inte

llige

nce.

c.

D

atab

ases

for p

rice

benc

hmar

king

in v

ario

us b

usin

ess

sect

ors

are

obta

ined

and

Ad

vanc

e Pr

icin

g Ar

rang

emen

ts a

re in

itiat

ed w

here

app

licab

le.

d.

Stre

ngth

en in

form

atio

n ga

ther

ing,

dat

a w

are

hous

e, d

ata

stor

age

& a

naly

tical

pr

oces

ses

and

capa

bilit

ies.

2.

5 C

ompl

ianc

e an

d En

forc

emen

t 2.

5.1

Enh

ance

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s an

d ef

ficie

ncy

of

the

audi

t fun

ctio

n to

impr

ove

taxp

ayer

co

mpl

ianc

e.

a.

The

num

ber o

f aud

itors

ava

ilabl

e to

con

duct

crit

ical

com

plia

nce

wor

k is

rapi

dly

incr

ease

d.

b.

Hig

h ris

k en

titie

s ar

e ta

rget

ed fo

r aud

it us

ing

reve

nue

inte

llige

nce

c.

Th

e nu

mbe

r and

qua

lity

of a

udits

acr

oss

all t

ax ty

pes

and

all s

egm

ents

is

sign

ifica

ntly

incr

ease

d d.

Bu

dget

fund

ing

and/

or d

onor

sup

port

is s

ourc

ed to

dev

elop

IRC’

s au

dit c

apab

ility

e.

D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent p

roce

dure

s an

d in

trod

uce

a ca

se m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

for

debt

col

lect

ion

2.5.

2.

Dev

elop

and

impl

emen

t a M

icro

bus

ines

s ta

x co

mpl

ianc

e re

gim

e (s

ubje

ct to

Gov

ernm

ent

polic

y)

D

evel

op

Impl

emen

t

IRC-

Mob

ilisin

g Re

venu

e, C

reat

ing

Pros

perit

y

4.

Impl

emen

t G

over

nmen

t’s

polic

y in

itia

tive

s

Init

iati

ves

Act

ivit

ies

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19

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20

21

2022

4.1.

U

pdat

e an

d co

nsol

idat

e ex

istin

g Ac

ts

4.1.

1.

Sim

plify

legi

slat

ion

and

sepa

rate

taxi

ng

mea

sure

s fr

om a

dmin

istr

atio

n m

easu

res

4.1.

2.

Loca

te a

ll ad

min

istr

atio

n la

ws/

regu

latio

ns

with

in a

tax

Adm

inis

trat

ion/

Proc

edur

es A

ct

4.1.

3.

Sim

plify

Inco

me

Tax

Act a

nd o

ther

le

gisl

atio

n

4.2.

In

tern

atio

nal

agre

emen

ts/t

reat

ies

4.2.

1.

Revi

ew to

ens

ure

econ

omic

val

ue

4.2.

2.

Ensu

re te

chno

logi

cal c

apab

ility

to c

ompl

y ex

ists

bef

ore

com

mitt

ing

to n

ew a

rran

gem

ents

4.3.

Ba

nk S

ecre

cy

4.3.

1.

Ensu

re re

ady

acce

ss to

ban

k in

form

atio

n by

ta

x ad

min

istr

atio

n

4.4.

Ta

x Ex

empt

ions

and

In

cent

ives

4.

4.1.

Re

view

exi

stin

g in

cent

ives

and

exe

mpt

ions

an

d pr

epar

e ta

x ex

pend

iture

bud

gets

4.4.

2.

Adju

st a

rran

gem

ents

bas

ed o

n ec

onom

ic

valu

e

4.5

Cor

pora

te In

com

e Ta

x

4.5.

1.

Redu

cing

cor

pora

te in

com

e ta

x w

ith s

cale

d ba

ck ta

x in

cent

ives

and

acc

eler

ated

dep

reci

atio

n pr

ovis

ions

for r

esou

rce

sect

ors

4.5.

2.

Sim

plify

adm

inis

trat

ion

of c

orpo

rate

in

com

e ta

x

4.5.

3.

Revi

ew o

f sup

eran

nuat

ion

taxa

tion

regi

me

4.6.

Re

sour

ce C

ontr

acts

Fis

cal

Stab

iliza

tion

Act

4.6.

1.

Lim

it th

e sc

ope

of ta

xes

for s

tabi

lizat

ion

to

maj

or ta

x he

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3.1.

D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent

an a

uton

omou

s La

rge

Taxp

ayer

Offi

ce (L

TO) w

ithin

IR

C.

3.1.

1.

Des

ign,

dev

elop

and

impl

emen

t the

LTO

. Ph

ase

1: D

esig

n, d

evel

op,

reso

urce

(67F

TE’s

) and

impl

emen

t.

Phas

e 2:

Rev

iew

ope

ratio

ns w

ith a

vie

w to

in

crea

se s

taffi

ng to

aro

und

100

FTE’

s

3.1.

2.

Dev

elop

legi

slat

ion

and

polic

y to

sup

port

LT

O o

pera

tions

Es

tabl

ish

legi

slat

ion

and

inde

x da

taba

se o

n tr

ansf

er p

ricin

g, ta

x pl

anni

ng, t

ax a

void

ance

, tax

re

duct

ion

and

tax

evas

ion

prac

tices

.

Impl

emen

t

3.2.

D

evel

op a

nd Im

plem

ent

an a

uton

omou

s se

gmen

t of

smal

l and

med

ium

ent

erpr

ise

(SM

E) ta

xpay

ers.

3.2.

1.

Des

ign

and

deve

lop

a SM

E se

gmen

t in

resp

onse

to th

e sm

all b

usin

ess

regi

me

envi

sage

d in

the

MTR

S w

ith s

impl

ified

tax

calc

ulat

ion

and

paym

ent a

rran

gem

ents

.

D

esig

n an

d de

velo

p th

e SM

E se

gmen

t.

Impl

emen

t the

SM

E se

gmen

t.

3.3.

D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent

a de

sign

and

mon

itorin

g (D

an

d M

) Div

isio

n.

3.3.

1.

Des

ign

and

deve

lop

a st

anda

lone

func

tion

to c

olla

te a

nd a

naly

se in

telli

genc

e, id

entif

y pr

iorit

y co

mpl

ianc

e ris

ks, d

esig

n pr

oces

ses

to

effe

ctiv

ely

miti

gate

risk

s, pl

an d

eliv

ery

of th

e in

terv

entio

ns a

nd m

easu

re a

nd m

onito

r pe

rfor

man

ce.

Esta

blis

h de

sign

an

d m

onito

ring

and

take

initi

al

step

s to

sta

ff an

d de

velo

p co

mpl

ianc

e ris

k m

anag

emen

t fu

nctio

n.

Furt

her

deve

lop

com

plia

nce

risk

man

agem

ent

func

tion

and

com

men

ce

proc

ess

desi

gn

role

.

Com

plet

e de

velo

pmen

t to

a fu

lly

deve

lope

d fu

nctio

nal

busi

ness

di

visi

on.

3.4.

D

evel

op a

nd im

plem

ent

a ta

xpay

er s

ervi

ce a

nd

educ

atio

n fu

nctio

n.

3.4.

1.

Dev

elop

a ta

xpay

er s

ervi

ces

func

tion

to

deliv

er b

oth

reac

tive

and

proa

ctiv

e se

rvic

es a

nd

educ

atio

n to

ena

ble

taxp

ayer

s to

cor

rect

ly fi

le

and

pay

taxe

s du

e.

1. E

stab

lish

taxp

ayer

se

rvic

es

func

tion

and

take

initi

al s

teps

to

mee

t

1. F

urth

er

deve

lop

and

staf

f to

fully

de

liver

reac

tive

serv

ices

to a

ll

Fu

lly e

stab

lish

Taxp

ayer

Ser

vice

s D

ivis

ion

Fu

rthe

r dev

elop

and

sta

ff to

del

iver

pro

activ

e se

rvic

es to

all

taxp

ayer

s.

Ce

ntra

lize

regi

stra

tion

and

taxp

ayer

cle

aran

ce

proc

esse

s.

IRC-

Mob

ilisin

g Re

venu

e, C

reat

ing

Pros

perit

y

Id

entif

ying

exp

loita

tion

of u

nint

ende

d lo

opho

les

in p

olic

y an

d le

gisl

atio

n w

hen

cont

ribut

ing

to ta

x po

licy

deve

lopm

ent;

St

aff t

rain

ing

and

men

torin

g in

com

plex

te

chni

cal a

nd le

gal a

reas

.

Man

agin

g in

tern

atio

nal c

ompl

ianc

e re

quire

men

ts in

clud

ing

BEP’

s.

3.8.

Ex

pand

the

role

of t

he

Inte

rnal

Aud

it an

d In

vest

igat

ion

Div

isio

n.

3.8.

1.

Man

age

a w

ider

rang

e of

org

anis

atio

nal

risks

incl

udin

g:

U

nder

take

eva

luat

ions

on

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s of

m

ains

trea

m b

usin

ess

proc

esse

s;

D

eliv

er s

yste

m a

nd fi

nanc

ial a

udits

;

Man

age

the

risk

of in

tern

al c

orru

ptio

n;

U

nder

take

inte

rnal

inve

stig

atio

ns w

here

w

arra

nted

.

D

esig

n an

d de

velo

p ne

w

role

s an

d re

spon

sibi

litie

s.

Impl

emen

t.

3.9.

Re

-alig

n IR

C’s

stru

ctur

e to

the

busi

ness

driv

ers.

3.

9.1.

Re

alig

n IR

C’s

stru

ctur

e re

flect

:

Hea

dqua

rter

and

ope

ratio

nal r

oles

;

Chan

ges

taxa

tion

and

adm

inis

trat

ive

polic

y;

Ch

ange

s of

bus

ines

s pr

oces

ses;

The

chan

ged

role

and

nat

ure

of b

usin

ess

divi

sion

s;

Th

e m

anag

emen

t spa

n of

con

trol

.

Id

entif

y w

here

ch

ange

s to

the

exis

ting

stru

ctur

e w

ill

be m

ade.

Mak

e ch

ange

s to

the

stru

ctur

e.

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s.

2. D

eliv

er “

Tax

paym

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C” a

war

enes

s ra

isin

g.

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2. D

evel

op E

duca

tion

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utre

ach

Prog

ram

U

nit

Prov

ide

trai

ning

for p

rovi

ncia

l sta

ff.

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e an

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aint

ain

IRC

web

site

W

ebsi

te c

onta

ins

info

rmat

ion

that

is c

urre

nt

3.5.

D

evel

op n

ew IC

T sy

stem

s to

mee

t cur

rent

and

fu

ture

bus

ines

s ne

eds.

3.5.

1.

Dev

elop

an

ICT

stra

tegi

c pl

an (t

o in

clud

e th

e re

plac

emen

t of S

IGTA

S.

Dra

ft an

d fin

alis

e IC

T st

rate

gic

plan

.

Impl

emen

t IT

Stra

tegy

3.5.

2.

Mai

ntai

n an

d im

prov

e SI

GTA

S pe

rfor

man

ce u

p to

whe

n a

repl

acem

ent s

yste

m is

co

mm

issi

oned

.

Mai

ntai

n an

d im

prov

e SI

GTA

S pe

rfor

man

ce w

here

pos

sibl

e.

Dec

omm

issi

on

SIG

TAS.

3.5.

3.

Upg

rade

to a

new

gen

erat

ion

ITAS

Sc

ope

and

desi

gn

repl

acem

ent

syst

em fo

r SI

GTA

S

a.

Proc

ure

and

inst

all n

ew s

yste

m,

b.

Test

, mig

rate

dat

a, te

st, g

o liv

e.

Und

erta

ke p

ost

impl

emen

tatio

n re

view

3.6.

Re

view

and

alig

n IR

C’s

stru

ctur

es a

nd

acco

mm

odat

ion

to m

eet

busi

ness

requ

irem

ents

.

3.6.

1.

The

Regi

onal

Tax

Cen

tres

and

Pro

vinc

ial

Tax

Proc

essi

ng O

ffice

s ar

e de

velo

ped

and

impl

emen

ted

as d

eter

min

ed b

y st

rate

gy

Regi

onal

Tax

Cen

tre

in M

t Hag

en

is e

stab

lishe

d

Prov

inci

al T

ax O

ffice

s in

Wew

ak,

Gor

oka,

Alo

tau

and

Kim

be a

re

esta

blis

hed

(and

mor

e de

pend

ing

Prov

inci

al O

ffice

s ar

e de

velo

ped

and

com

mis

sion

ed c

onsi

sten

t with

Rev

iew

Out

com

es

IRC-

Mob

ilisin

g Re

venu

e, C

reat

ing

Pros

perit

y

on d

evel

opm

ent c

apac

ity)

3.6.

2.

Revi

ew b

ranc

h of

fice

role

and

str

uctu

res

whe

n co

nsid

erin

g ch

ange

s to

sys

tem

s/pr

oces

ses,

incl

udin

g th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e sm

all

busi

ness

taxa

tion

regi

me

plan

ned

to b

e im

plem

ente

d 20

20.

Dev

elop

and

fin

alis

e th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of n

on –

lodg

emen

t and

no

n-pa

ymen

t Po

licy

by 3

1st

June

201

8.

Paym

ent

Agre

emen

t sh

ould

als

o be

in

clud

ed in

the

Polic

y.

Revi

ew b

ranc

h of

fice

arra

ngem

ents

.

Impl

emen

t cha

nges

.

3.6.

3.

Re-a

lign

busi

ness

acc

omm

odat

ion

for

head

quar

ters

and

ope

ratio

ns to

mee

t the

cur

rent

an

d fu

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