Support to the Liberia Revenue Authority Support till Liberia Revenue Authority Det institutionella samarbetet mellan LRA och STA förväntas leda till ökad effektivitet i Liberias skattesystem och en ökad andel skattebetalare som frivilligt betalar skatt. Insatsen syftar till att bygga kapacitet hos Liberias skattemyndighet, LRA, med ambitionen att öka öppenheten gentemot landets skattebetalare samt att förbättra förtroendet mellan skattebetalarna och LRA. På längre sikt förväntas insatsen bidra till ökade skatteintäkter som i sin tur kan ge större budgetutrymme för till exempel hälsa och utbildning.

Insatsen fokuserar på att bygga LRA's kapacitet inom tre områden: (i) relationen till skattebetalarna (ii) HR med fokus på ledarskap och (iii) riskhantering. The institutional cooperation between LRA and STA is expected to lead to increased efficiency in Liberia's tax system and an increased proportion of taxpayers who voluntarily pay taxes. The effort aims to build capacity at the Liberian tax authority, the LRA, with the ambition to increase transparency towards the country's taxpayers and to improve trust between taxpayers and the LRA. In the longer term, the effort is expected to contribute to increased tax revenues, which in turn can provide greater budgetary space for, for example, health and education.

The effort focuses on building LRA's capacity in three areas: (i) the relationship with taxpayers (ii) Human resources, with a focus on leadership and (iii) compliance risk management. The overall objective of the intervention is to identify and guide national initiatives to garner sustainable domestic resources to finance inclusive growth and poverty reduction.
Within “modern taxpayer service” component, the contribution will support Increased Tax Payer Communication and Improved treatment of Internal and External Customers.
Within the “development of competent human resources” component, the contribution will support strengthening and developing the LRA leadership while supporting enhanced capacities to work with strategic competence development at LRA. This component also strives to effectivise Staff administration procedures at LRA.
Within the “compliance risk management” component, the contribution is expected to support the implementation of a compliance risk management system within LRA.
The cooperation between LRA and STA will be carried out on an institutional basis. It will focus on developing the procedures within the three components where STA will support LRA to develop the legislative and regulatory framework, the use of IT and staff empowerment. The cooperation will be accomplished based on principles of efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability.
Ultimately the cooperation between LRA and STA is expected to lead to greater efficiency and effectiveness of the tax system and a higher level of voluntary compliance. While not mentioned in the project document, other possible positive effects of the programme are increased transparency vis-à-vis tax payers, as well as improved trust between taxpayers and the tax administration. As a result of a stronger public confidence  for an accountable tax administration and system in the country, this is aimed at raising revenues gradually for the benefit of key sectors and priorities of the Liberian government, not least within social sectors including health and education. Therefore working with effectivised tax systems and processes, a pro-poor focus is a key feature.