IPNeqs-Monrovia: The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning ( MFDP) have begun a month-long training workshop on the procedures and processes leading to the imposition of excise tax stamps on several commodities and goods currently on the Liberian market.
The workshop is sponsor by USAID through its Revenue Generation, Growth and
Governance project (RG3) and it is aimed to educate and enhance the capacity of key stakeholders, manufacturers, importers, suppliers, taxpayers and tax
practitioners on the rules, procedures, modules and solutions to problems that may arise when trading in commodities such as alcohol, fuel and tobacco
products.
LRA Assistant Customs Commissioner for Ports Operation, Edwin F. Kendema
said the specially designed stamps as per the established tax regulation are
customized and unique to each one of the listed commodity and can be easily
detected if counterfeited or tempered with by any supplier or manufacturer.
A group photo of participants during the Excise Stamp Training Workshop
LRA/PR-13/20-21
Contact Information: Alvin Jask, Supervisor – Communications,
Media & Public Affairs Section.
Phone: 0777-458-935
He indicated that the training is scheduled to take place in the 15 counties of Liberia for the next 30 days.
The imposition of excise stamps on selected goods and products is a result of an administrative regulation formulated by the LRA and the MFDP and has made it possible to put in place the proper use of specific stamps for use by
manufacturers and suppliers of petroleum, tobacco and alcohol products on the
Liberian market and would curtail the leakages of potential tariffs for the country.
