Irishman has recipe for increasing tax revenue

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Expat taxman gets the cash flowing into Burundi's coffers

The Irishman overhauling a corrupt tax system is gradually smashing down the obstacles to Burundi's self-sufficiency

Tax revenue was 300bn Burundi francs ($201m) in 2009, and is projected to grow to 545bn francs this year. The OBR plans to double revenues again to 1.2 trillion francs by 2017.

Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/nov/30/expat-taxman-cash-burundi-coffers

More on Kieran Holmes here: http://kieranholmes.com/

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You can also hear Kieran Holmes on BBC radio here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b01r9q03/

[John Short]

Kieran top of The Economist pops 26 April 2014 "Collecting Tax in Africa Above the Table".  Article references work by  http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/idsproject/international-centre-for-tax-and-development.  Two of its reports are attached.