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Welcome
to Presentation on
VAT ONLINE PROJECT
VOP in short
Presentation to Internal Resources Division, Ministry of Finance, GoB, 30 August 2015

Milestone to establishment of VOP
• Parliament approves Value Added Tax 2012 - Nov’12
• ECNEC approves 551.58 crore Taka DPP – Oct’13
• GoB reaches US$ 60 million Credit Agreement – Dec’14
with WB
• NBR issues SRO for 1 July 2016 implementation – Apr’15
of VAT Act

Key objectives of VOP
• Substantially increase government revenue
• Make it cheaper and easier for the business to comply with the
new VAT law
• Enhance the NBR's capacity to identify and act on non-compliant
taxpayers
• Realise a modern, well-disciplined, service-oriented VAT
administration
• Establish knowledge based VAT administration
• Facilitate rapid industrialisation of the country
• Decrease cost-of-doing-business both in Public & Private sectors
• Encourage more investment in private sector

Time lines and features of VOP
Project Start Date: October, 2013
Completion Date: December, 2018
Project Cost: BDT. 551.5878 Crore
(a) PA Fund BDT. 449.7440 Crore
(b) GOB BDT. 101.8438 Crore
Largest project in NBR history
Expenditure (July 2015): BDT. 11.81 Crore
(a) FY13-14 BDT. 3.58 Crore
(b) FY14-15 BDT. 8.22 Crore

Major activities of VOP office
• Establish project office
• Identify key project tasks
• Develop implementation Plan
• Mobilise resources
• Constitute teams for international and local
procurement
• Establish contact with stakeholders
• Set up work groups

Achievements
• Complete successfully two major international procurements
• Appoint a PMC to assist in project implementation
• Select a supplier for COTS for VAT on Line system
• Launch Taxpayer Communication program
• Develop implementation Plan
• Establish contact with stakeholders
• Initiate local and foreign training programs

Achievements.. continued
• A four-party consortium led by ECORYS Plc (UK) appointed
as PMC
• 3 year appointment ends 16 Aug’18
• PMC launched with the joining of Team Leader on 16 Aug’15
• First milestone – complete inception report by 16 Nov’15
• Four National and eight International consultants in various
stages of mobilisation
• PMC’s brief – provide assistance across 8 components
 PIU Operations & Capacity Development
 Procurement & Contract Management
 Organisational Reforms
 Taxpayer Education & Communication
 Change Management
 Functional Specification
 ICT
 Training

Progress on appointment of vendor for the supply of
Hardware, COTS software, Networking and Support Services
• CCGP approves tender 22 July 2015
• PD issues letter of acceptance 20 August 2015
• Contract signing by parties (scheduled) 16 September 2015

TRAINING
A. Internal Training: (VOP)
 Assistant Commissioner /ARO/Computer Operator
 2014-15 FY: Training Arranged 20 : Participant=591
• RTI Implementation
• Familiarization with VAT & SD Act 2012
• Training of Trainers (TOT)
• E-Waste Management
B. External Training
Completed (2014-15) Uganda
Scheduled (2015-16) Australia, Bulgaria, Georgia

TAXPAYER EDUCATION & COMMUNICATION
 Seminars/workshops organised in FY 2014/15
by NBR 19
Commissionerates 44
VAT Divisions 140
Total 203
 Participant number reached 1,32,300
 Review meeting on Lessons learn from
 Taxpayers’ Communication Program held Aug’2015
 EoI for Taxpayers’ Satisfaction Survey Aug’2015
 VAT Bulletin Finalised

Others:
 Quarterly Financial Report Completed
 FAPAD Audit Completed
 RTI Draft Approved Aug’15
 Concept Paper for Customs & VAT Drafted
Infrastructural Development
 Taxperson Incentive Policy, 2015 Presented
 Meeting with CAG and Stakeholders Aug’15
on “ePayment”

Upcoming
 Development of High Level Business Process
Organization Design;
 Implementation of Staff Training;
 Rollout of Taxpayers’ Communication Plan;
 Designing of effective Advertisement;
 Development of Registration Module;
 Determination of Registered Taxpayers’ Baseline;
 Preparation of Law and SROs.

Progress on Issues from last meeting
• Meet Chief Information Commissioner Scheduled Sep’15
• Launch Online registration by 1 Jan’16 PMC launched; COTS vendor
to be mobilised Oct’15,
registration schedule expected
to be achieved
• Meet District Administration, Police Scheduled Oct’15 onwards
& District Judge
• Translation of VAT Act into English Draft completed, being sent to
Law Ministry Oct’15
• Field Offices rent data for FY2014/15 Tk 219.57 crores
• Next meeting of Project Steering Held 24 Aug’15
Committee
• Scope to expend assigned funds With tenders completed, ADP
under ADP funds can be utilised for
services from COTS and PMC
suppliers

Challenges
 Completion of BPR and Development of
Organisational structure on schedule
 Contract Management.
 Change Management.
 Configuration of COTS for timely rollout of IVAS

Thank you for listening
Questions?

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