About South Sudan Revenue Authority

The South Sudan Revenue Authority (Formerly National Revenue Authority) is the revenue service of the South Sudan Government; it is a non-oil Revenue collecting body that was established in 2016 under the National Revenue Authority Act, 2016. The South Sudan Revenue Authority branches include but are not limited to Domestic Tax division and Customs division.

Parent Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Jurisdiction: The republic South Sudan

Core functions of SSRA include;

• To evaluate, collect and account for all revenue or tax due to the government at the least possible cost to the public in agreement with the laws and specified provisions of the written laws of South Sudan.
• To counsel on matters relating to the administration of, and collection of revenue under the written laws or the specified provisions of the written laws of South Sudan.

Our Core Business

• Revenue Collection (Trusted Revenue agency facilitating tax and customs compliance)
• Trade Facilitation (Building trust through facilitation so as to foster compliance with Tax and Customs Legislation)
• Border control (Trustworthy, Ethical, Competent, Helpful)

Our Vision and Mission Statement

VISION: To Be a Modern Tax Administration in Mobilizing Non-Oil Revenue to Achieve a Tax to GDP Ratio of 6% By 2027.

MISSION: To Leverage on Digital Transformation and Highly Motivated Staff to Mobilise Non-Oil Revenue for National Development.

These will achieve through professionalism and client’s services oriented;

• Promotion of voluntary compliance
• Adopt modern technology in revenue administration
• Effective border protection
• A well trained, disciplined and highly motivated staff

Core Values

• Professionalism: We are committed to applying the law consistently, responsibly and with credibility using the skills and knowledge as a prerequisite in administering our requirements.
• Integrity: We believe in being fair and honest to taxpayers and other stakeholders in all of our operations while observing ethical and moral principles to be free from corruption and other malpractices.
• Accountability: We create and maintain a culture that appreciates and encourages responsibility and clarity. We are responsible for our action, behaviors, performance, decisions, and results of our actions. We account and report for all revenue collected.
• Transparency: We are open and we provide information at a time and a manner that is useful to the community.
• Teamwork: We work together to achieve our goals.

Our Mandate

• To evaluate, collect and account for all revenue or tax due to the government at the least possible cost to the public in agreement with the laws and specified provisions of the written laws of South Sudan.
• To counsel on matters relating to the administration of, and collection of revenue under the written laws or the specified provisions of the written laws of South Sudan.
• Assessing, collecting, remitting and accounting for revenue due to the national government
• Administering and enforcing the laws or the specified provisions of the laws set out in the NRA Act
• Promoting voluntary tax compliance by taxpayers as required by law or regulations
• Taking such measures as may be required to counteract tax and custom fraud and any other forms of tax evasion;
• Establishing and maintaining electronic information management systems to increase efficiency, transparency and productivity of the revenue administrations.
• Implementing agreement and MOUs related to revenue administrations programs between the GRSS, regional and international organizations, and memoranda on matters relating to imports or exports.