DFID 6892 Study on Fiscal Burden in Democratic Republic of Congo

Descriptions

Actual CPV code is ‘75211200 Foreign Economic-Aid Related Services’. Objectives The objective of this study is to provide a systematic household-level assessment of the total formal and informal taxes paid by DRC citizens to the state and state representatives. This will provide information necessary to: -Support dialogue and advocacy with DRC authorities at national and provincial levels on tax reform, its impact on citizens, and corruption in tax collection agencies -Support the design of donor support programmes to strengthen formal taxation systems and accountability and in future monitor progress and impact -Support the design of citizen control activities by civil society organisations -Provide elements of comparison with some revenues actually collected and arriving in the accounts of revenue collection agencies in order to assess the degree of leakage