RRA ‘stops’ receiving cash payments

BY KABONA ESIARA AND G. MAJYAMBERE of The New Times

"Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) is not accepting bank notes and coins from tax payers in a move to speed up tax clearance in the country.

Eugène Torero, RRA deputy directors general said anybody paying tax of Frw500,000 and more has to be by cheque. This is part of the reforms RRA has embarked on, to ease doing business in the country.

Bank tellers would waste a lot of time counting notes and coins. This would cause delays and congestions in banking halls."

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Category: Rwanda + Revenue