Miners in South Africa, the Law establishing the Chamber of Customs Brokers. Additional
reforms of VAT, IRPC and IRPS, were approved by the Assembly of the Republic at its
meeting in December 2012. The new rates will apply from January 1, 2013.
174. To make the structure more efficient, measures were taken to modernize tax administration
with significant impact in promoting the improvement of the business environment in the
country, in particular the project of One Stop Electronic Windows for foreign trade that is in a
pilot phase, and e-taxation for domestic taxes in order to facilitate tax payments and speed up
the process of customs clearance of goods, since submission of information is standardized,
through a single point of contact, and is having significant impacts on improvement of the
business environment in Mozambique, allowing the reduction of clearance time of goods and
reducing operating costs in the country
B. Monitoring and Accountability on State Income and Expenditure
The APR Panel recommended that subsystems be developed which provide timely and
credible information on budgets and the assets of bodies and institutions of the state (i), and
greater efforts be made in order to ensure that the financial reports of the government are
accessible to the general public, especially those who are in rural areas (ii).
175. To ensure timely and credible information on budgets and assets of bodies and institutions of
the state, the Centre for Development of Information Systems (CEDSIF) was created within the
Ministry of Finance and the Vision of Public Finance from 2011 to 2025 was approved, to
define a guiding framework and boost implementation and programming of major actions to be
implemented over the period 2011 and 2025, aiming to achieve a level of excellence in
management and governance of public finance.
176. Other important actions carried out included:
Intensified use of the web pages of the Ministry of Planning and Development,
Ministry of Finance and National Institute of Statistics (www.mpd.gov.mz,
www.mf.gov.mz and www.ine.gov.mz) in providing Plans and Budgets.
More information on State Financial Holdings incorporated in the General State
Account.
Increased Registration posts for employees and agents of the state at the district
level, reaching 82 districts in 2011, out of a total of 128 districts.
Produced a Statistical Yearbook of Civil Servants and Agents of the State.
Developed a Strategic Plan of the National Statistics System and initiated actions
to extend infrastructure and human resources to cover the district level.
Updated the ODAMOZ database (Official Development Assistance to Mozambique
Database) of external funding.
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