Using electronic tax system to fund our budget will require change of attitude

Funding Rwanda’s next budget will require change of attitude in the business community, consumers, and government auditors to ensure that no more taxes are left unpaid if Rwandans are to succeed with this year’s step towards self-reliance. Rwanda’s total domestic revenues for the next budget 2013-2014 have been estimated at Rwf 994.9 billion which is 60.2 per cent of the Rwf 1.6 trillion Budget, leaving external resources to account for only 39.8 per cent (Rwf 658.6 billion). It is a step forward towards fiscal independence for Rwanda that 13 years ago used to depend on donor aid at 85 per cent of her total budget.