{"id":10039,"date":"2018-09-07T08:08:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T08:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=10039"},"modified":"2018-09-07T08:08:58","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T08:08:58","slug":"obr-exhorts-journalists-to-raise-awareness-of-role-of-tax-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/obr-exhorts-journalists-to-raise-awareness-of-role-of-tax-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"OBR exhorts journalists to raise awareness of role of tax collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Burundi Revenue Authority has organized this 6 September, a workshop for journalists of local radio stations and newspapers to raise awareness of the importance of paying taxes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10032\" style=\"width: 459px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10032\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10032\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Leopord-Kabura-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"L\u00e9opold Kabura: \u201cWe expect much from media professionals\u2019 contribution to the increase in tax collection\u201d. \" width=\"449\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Leopord-Kabura-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Leopord-Kabura-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Leopord-Kabura-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Leopord-Kabura.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L\u00e9opold Kabura: \u201cWe expect much from media professionals\u2019 contribution to the increase in tax collection\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>L\u00e9opold Kabura, Deputy Commissioner of Burundi Revenue Authority says any taxpayer will pay taxes if s\/he understands a little a bit the procedures of tax collection. \u201cWe expect much from media professionals to contribute to the increase in tax payment. The majority of taxpayers ignore the importance of collecting taxes,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>He also says journalists contribute much to the sensitization campaign to urge taxpayers to carry out their duties. In 2014, OBR had a partnership with media houses to raise awareness of the role of paying taxes before Burundi plunged into the 2015 crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Burundi Revenue Authority was established in 2009 and collected from BIF 301,2 billion in 2009 to BIF 754,13 billion in 2017. Tax contribution to the state expenses moved from 67% in 2009 to 77% in 2017. Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Ndihokubwayo, OBR officer says the good performance is the result of the tax reforms and the taxpayers\u2019 sensitization campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burundi Revenue Authority has organized this 6 September, a workshop for journalists of local radio stations and newspapers to raise awareness of the importance of paying taxes. L\u00e9opold Kabura, Deputy Commissioner of Burundi Revenue Authority says any taxpayer will pay taxes if s\/he understands a little a bit the procedures of tax collection. \u201cWe expect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,15],"tags":[113,342],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10040,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10039\/revisions\/10040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}