Submit to Parliament the amendments to the Customs and Excise and Income Tax Acts to strengthen exemption rules and clarify the role of exemption committee.
Introduced at R0. Macroeconomic criticality: To promote fiscal transparency and enhance the efficiency of revenue collections. At R1, Not met, but superseded by a more comprehensive reform. A new comprehensive draft bill on customs and excise tax, including reforming exemption rules, is being drafted with the assistance of the ADB co-financed by Ausaid, as opposed to amending ad hoc the previous draft. Parliament is not likely to reconvene before December. This benchmark has been replaced by a new benchmark (see below).