10-06-2014 ■ According to a press release published on 3 October 2014, the provisional revenue collection results for September shows that the Burundi Revenue Authority (OBR) didn’t achieve the corresponding target of BIF 66.61 bn.-By Diane Uwimana “OBR has collected 65.86bn , meaning that the results are 1.12% below target,” says (...)

06-13-2014 ■ Commissioner General Kieran Holmes is satisfied with the great step OBR has reached during his four-year mandate at the Head of the first tax administration in Burundi (OBR). However, there are still some challenges.-By Diane Uwimana and Irakoze Yves Didier The OBR mission is to assess, collect, and comprehensively (...)

04-15-2014 ■ Waiting for an important revenue collection figure of an amount of FIB 154.25 billion, Burundi Revenue Authority has collected from January to March 2014 an amount of BIF 137.29 billion. “Comparing to 2014 forecasting, OBR has registered a poor performance of BIF 16.96 billion i.e. 10, 99% ”, declares (...)

12-18-2013 ■ The week of 9th was dedicated to Anti-Corruption World Day. OBR is among institutions which are committed to fighting against corruption by adopting strategic measures- by Diane Uwimana “Fighting corruption is oxygen for OBR. Corruption benefits only the few whereas taxation benefits the many. The fact that OBR is (...)

11-22-2013 ■ Tax is generally important on the agenda in Africa. At the international level, advocacy groups and the G8 have called for greater efforts to counter tax evasion and avoidance by multinational companies. Then, Burundi Revenue Authority has elaborated a document about its reform achievements.-Diane Uwimana According to Kieran Holmes, (...)