{"id":85563,"date":"2025-09-06T17:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T17:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/cg-tells-taxpayers-to-trust-gra"},"modified":"2025-09-06T17:17:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T17:17:29","slug":"cg-tells-taxpayers-to-trust-gra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/cg-tells-taxpayers-to-trust-gra","title":{"rendered":"CG Tells Taxpayers to Trust GRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Gambia Revenue Authority commissioner general, Yankuba Darboe, has emphasised the crucial role of trust and cooperation between the GRA and taxpayers in successful tax collection and national development.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Addressing a national validation workshop on the draft taxpayer charter (second edition), Darboe highlighted that the GRA\u2019s impressive revenue performance and reforms, including digitalisation efforts, are driven by this trust and taxpayer compliance.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Taxpayer Charter serves as a social contract and public declaration of the GRA\u2019s commitment to taxpayers, outlining their rights and obligations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe charter bridges the trust gap between the revenue authority and citizens, setting standards for service delivery and providing avenues for redress when those standards aren\u2019t met.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CG Darboe added that the second edition of the charter reflects lessons learned, feedback received, and the aspiration to align with international best practices in tax administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe GRA is committed to ensuring a fair and efficient tax system, providing quality services, transparency, certainty, and fairness to all taxpayers. The GRA is committed to providing quality services, spelling out taxpayers\u2019 rights and corresponding obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the GRA aims to build a customer service culture that strengthens partnerships between the authority, taxpayers, and stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaxpayer compliance is crucial for financing infrastructure and development projects in The Gambia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the GRA\u2019s revenue mobilisation efforts rely on taxpayer compliance, which is essential for national growth and development.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Darboe acknowledges the willingness of taxpayers to meet their obligations, expressing gratitude for their strong commitment to paying taxes.<\/p>\n<p>GRA deputy commissioner general, Essa Jallow, said the Taxpayer Charter outlines the rights and obligations of taxpayers and the commitment of GRA to ensure a fair and efficient tax system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe charter is a pledge from GRA to provide quality services, transparency, certainty and fairness to all taxpayers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGone are the days when tax administrations can only demonstrate their capacity to effectively mobilise revenues through enforcement and heavy-handedness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Gambia Revenue Authority commissioner general, Yankuba Darboe, has emphasised the crucial role of trust and cooperation between the GRA and taxpayers in successful tax collection and national development. Addressing a national validation workshop on the draft taxpayer charter (second edition), Darboe highlighted that the GRA\u2019s impressive revenue performance and reforms, including digitalisation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":85562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-85563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-head-lines","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CG Tells Taxpayers to Trust GRA - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gambia Revenue Authority commissioner general, Yankuba Darboe, has emphasised the crucial role of trust and cooperati ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/cg-tells-taxpayers-to-trust-gra\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CG Tells Taxpayers to Trust GRA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gambia Revenue Authority commissioner general, Yankuba Darboe, has emphasised the crucial role of trust and cooperati ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/cg-tells-taxpayers-to-trust-gra\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-06T17:14:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-06T17:17:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1757166387.721045.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/cg-tells-taxpayers-to-trust-gra#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/cg-tells-taxpayers-to-trust-gra\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"CG Tells Taxpayers to Trust GRA\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-06T17:14:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-06T17:17:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/cg-tells-taxpayers-to-trust-gra\"},\"wordCount\":340,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/cg-tells-taxpayers-to-trust-gra#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1757166387.721045.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\",\"head lines\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/cg-tells-taxpayers-to-trust-gra#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/cg-tells-taxpayers-to-trust-gra\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/cg-tells-taxpayers-to-trust-gra\",\"name\":\"CG Tells Taxpayers to Trust GRA - 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