Key Functional Areas

Assessing and collecting Stamp Duty based on Market Value

• Collecting information by visiting relevant offices and from banks
• Maintaining good rapport with Land Registries and Notaries public
• Opening files according to the List of information
• Calling for Instruments for file
• Analyzing Files
• If the paid Duty is not sufficient assess the Additional Duty

Motivating Tax Payers for paying Taxes

• Motivating Tax payer for paying taxes and duties on Self Assessment basis
• Making arrangement to display a notice at relevant places
• Press release
• Conducting awareness programs
• Inspecting properties
• Giving Advices about taxes and duties to taxpayers at the interviews

Bringing down the Tax in default balance Zero level

• Percentile reduction of existing Taxes in default
• Settling Appeals / Objections
• Collecting taxes in default by visiting the Taxpayers
• Proceeding with legal actions, against Tax payers who have not paid taxes or have not come on an agreement to pay taxes.

Updated Database System

• Updating files in the Record room
• Completing the BTT files up to 31-12-2010
• Updating Stamp duty files
• Facility to access an updated computerized data base trough a networked computer system
• Research and Development of new sources of Revenue generating
• Studying for the revenue sources within the legal provisions
• Feasibility studies on Identified sources
• Measuring the potential revenue from each sources
• Determining the most suitable sources of revenue
• Forwarding the proposal of New revenue sources to Chief Secretary for Obtaining approval
• Implementing the approved Sources of revenue

Development of the Professional Competency of the staff

• Conducting Training and Development programs
• Identifying the needed areas for Professional training
• Preparing a procedure
• Identifying Resource persons and institutions

Appraising the performance

• Daily and monthly progress report of each officer
• Half-yearly report of Departmental performance
• Annual report of Departmental performance

Good Governance

• Functioning in accordance with Government Rules and regulations
• Minimizing of audit queries
• Bringing down the clients’ complaints to zero level