Tax Administration and Statistical System Modernization Project

Abstract*

The development objective of Tax Administration and Statistical System Modernization Project for Kyrgyz Republic is to improve effectiveness of tax collection and the national statistical system. The Project includes five components. 1) The first component, State Tax Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (STS) Institutional Development, has the following subcomponents: (i) Taxpayer Services; and (ii) Strategic Management and Staff Management... Show More

Development Objective

To improve effectiveness of tax collection and the national statistical system.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P163711
Status
Active
Team Leader
Gregory Kisunko , Aphichoke Kotikula
Borrower 2
Kyrgyz Republic

Country
Kyrgyz Republic
Disclosure Date
June 28, 2019
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
February 28, 2020
Effective Date
December 9, 2020

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 35.00 million
Implementing Agency
National Statistical Committee,State Tax Service
Region
Europe and Central Asia
Fiscal Year 3
2020

Commitment Amount
US$ 35.00 million
Environmental Category
N/A
Last Update Date
March 7, 2024
Closing Date
March 31, 2027

Consultant Services required
Yes
Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED

Notes
1. Total project cost includes funding from World Bank and non-bank sources in US$ millions. Active and Closed projects show current commitments. Proposed (pipeline) and dropped projects show the forecast amount. The commitment amount for projects in the pipeline is indicative and may be modified during the project preparation.
2. Borrower refers to the Borrower of a Loan or Recipient of a Grant.
3. ”Fiscal Year” is the fiscal year in which the project was approved (or dropped if the status is dropped). The World Bank's fiscal year is from July 1 - June 30. For example, a fiscal year of 1996 corresponds to July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996.

Sectors

Themes

FY17 - Economic Policy

FY17 - Fiscal Policy16%
- FY17 - Subnational Fiscal Policies16%
- FY17 - Tax policy10%

FY17 - Environment and Natural Resource Management

FY17 - Climate change0%
- FY17 - Adaptation0%

FY17 - Private Sector Development

FY17 - Business Enabling Environment13%
- FY17 - Investment and Business Climate13%
FY17 - ICT69%
- FY17 - ICT Solutions69%

FY17 - Public Sector Management

FY17 - Data Development and Capacity Building53%
- FY17 - Data production, accessibility and use39%
- FY17 - Institutional strengthening and capacity building46%
FY17 - Public Administration8%
- FY17 - E-Government, incl. e-services8%
FY17 - Public Finance Management53%
- FY17 - Domestic Revenue Administration53%

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Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Credit	17.50
IDA Grant	17.50

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	35.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	35.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	35.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of February 28, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of February 28, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Nov 9, 2021	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	49,892.36
May 10, 2024	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	106,987.09
May 26, 2022	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	152,735.75
Jul 22, 2022	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	75,712.00
Aug 17, 2022	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	419,000.00
Jul 13, 2022	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	101,436.47
Dec 16, 2022	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	65,330.63
Dec 2, 2022	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	337,229.53
Oct 19, 2022	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	212,795.45
Sep 26, 2022	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	145,156.60
Dec 8, 2022	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	839,023.75
Oct 20, 2022	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	39,472.11
Apr 7, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	741,904.80
Dec 9, 2022	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	99,951.71
Feb 21, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	206,745.40
Jan 13, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	320,000.00
Apr 5, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	212,838.72
May 1, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	93,595.74
Aug 22, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	124,467.71
Mar 17, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	258,588.34
Sep 8, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	230,736.38
Aug 18, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	809,351.00
Jun 27, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	388,693.16
Sep 6, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	234,357.16
Jun 16, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	204,340.00
Jul 25, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	127,876.29
Nov 1, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	191,905.66
Jun 5, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	934,790.00
May 25, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	130,316.02
Jun 7, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	105,009.07
Jun 26, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	209,303.17
Dec 15, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	96,845.68
Dec 20, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	62,255.76
Dec 6, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	244,247.73
Nov 6, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	146,698.50
Nov 14, 2023	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	84,831.50
Jun 14, 2024	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	80,492.51
Jan 26, 2024	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	466,622.20
Jan 29, 2021	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	100,000.01
Feb 3, 2021	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	249,999.98
Oct 27, 2021	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	80,000.00
Feb 28, 2020	IDA-65460	Loan Commitment	17,500,000.00
Feb 28, 2020	IDA-D5660	Loan Commitment	17,500,000.00
Feb 1, 2024	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	248,735.88
Feb 22, 2024	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	220,415.73
Feb 14, 2024	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	809,351.00
Apr 10, 2024	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	220,047.75
Apr 6, 2022	IDA-D5660	Loan Disb	79,112.27

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Financial Management	Satisfactory	2024-11-01
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2024-11-01
Procurement	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2024-11-01
Project Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2024-11-01
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2024-11-01
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2024-11-01

COMPLETION RATINGS

No data available.

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

No data available.

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Reduction of VAT gap Value 13.20 13.20 12.00
Date November 15, 2019 December 31, 2022 October 31, 2025
Comment

Overall efficiency gain: reduction of time between completion of data collection and release of key statistical indicators to the public	Value	90 days	90 days	66 days
	Date	July 15, 2019	November 8, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

Openness of official statistics: measures coverage and openness of data across 21 data categories, using the Open Data Inventory (ODIN)	Value	2018/19 score of 50	2022/2023 score of 51	56
	Date	November 15, 2019	November 8, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

Cost of Tax Compliance Value 44.20 44.20 40.00
Date December 31, 2021 November 7, 2023 October 31, 2025
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Decrees issued by the Government to enforce legal and regulatory reforms on statistics	Value	No decrees issued on official statistics	4	At least 10 decrees issued by the Government
	Date	November 15, 2019	November 8, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

World Bank Statistical Performance Indicator Value 75.5 in 2018 78.6 Improvement by 5 points
Date November 15, 2019 November 13, 2023 October 31, 2025
Comment
Number of STS staff trained under the project (disaggregated by gender) Value 0.00 272.00 400.00
Date November 15, 2019 November 7, 2023 October 31, 2025
Comment
Net taxes assessed per desk audit (thousand som ) Value 3167.30 879.70 3848.00
Date November 15, 2019 November 7, 2023 October 31, 2025
Comment

University level curricula in local universities, including courses in Official Statistics, and Data Science	Value	No courses exist in local universities in Official	1 course on "statistics" is in the curricula of ec	At least one University level course in Official S
	Date	November 15, 2019	November 8, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

Digitization of surveys using CAPI, CATI, CAWI - reduction of paper-based questionnaires and surveys	Value	About 25% surveys are digitalized	About 25% surveys are digitalized, including 3% CA	At least 75% of surveys are digitized.
	Date	November 15, 2019	November 13, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

e-Services for taxpayers Value 22.00 29.00 27.00
Date November 15, 2019 November 7, 2023 October 31, 2025
Comment
Gender disparity in staff count by gender at NSC: top level female managers at the oblast and rayon level Value 26.00 22.00 33.00
Date November 15, 2019 November 8, 2023 October 31, 2025
Comment
Overall data users satisfaction Value 38.00 68.00 60.00
Date October 30, 2018 November 13, 2023 October 31, 2025
Comment

Strategy for STS is developed based on the new methodology, approved, and under implementation (Text)	Value	No STS strategy.	STS Strategy developed and approved.	STS strategy developed, approved, and under implem
	Date	November 15, 2019	November 7, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

Time required to respond to citizen requests received through the NSC website Value 14.00 8.50 11.00
Date December 12, 2019 November 13, 2023 December 29, 2025
Comment
e-Filing rate for payroll (PAYE) withholding tax Value 23.80 83.98 45.00
Date November 15, 2019 November 7, 2023 October 31, 2025
Comment
Gender disparity in new staff hired during the project at NSC Value n/a 18% The newly recruited staff maintain a less than 15%
Date November 15, 2019 November 8, 2023 October 31, 2025
Comment
On-time filing rate for payroll (PAYE) withholding tax Value 80.20 85.80 87.00
Date November 15, 2019 November 7, 2023 October 31, 2025
Comment

Improved satisfaction of taxpayers with STS	Value	36% of taxpayers report full satisfaction with per	36% of taxpayers report full satisfaction with per	Improvement by 20 percent
	Date	December 12, 2019	November 7, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

Improved process for compliance risk management	Value	STS does not have a Compliance Risk Management Boa	STS does not have a Compliance Risk Management Boa	Compliance Risk Management Board or equivalent est
	Date	November 15, 2019	November 7, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

Risk based VAT refund claims automation	Value	No risk based verification procedures for VAT refu	No risk based verification procedures for VAT refu	Risk based verification procedures for VAT refund
	Date	November 15, 2019	November 7, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

Reduction of VAT gap	Value	13.20	13.20	12.00
	Date	November 15, 2019	December 31, 2022	October 31, 2025
	Comment

Cost of Tax Compliance	Value	44.20	44.20	40.00
	Date	December 31, 2021	November 7, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

World Bank Statistical Performance Indicator	Value	75.5 in 2018	78.6	Improvement by 5 points
	Date	November 15, 2019	November 13, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

Number of STS staff trained under the project (disaggregated by gender)	Value	0.00	272.00	400.00
	Date	November 15, 2019	November 7, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

Net taxes assessed per desk audit (thousand som )	Value	3167.30	879.70	3848.00
	Date	November 15, 2019	November 7, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

e-Services for taxpayers	Value	22.00	29.00	27.00
	Date	November 15, 2019	November 7, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

Gender disparity in staff count by gender at NSC: top level female managers at the oblast and rayon level	Value	26.00	22.00	33.00
	Date	November 15, 2019	November 8, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

Overall data users satisfaction	Value	38.00	68.00	60.00
	Date	October 30, 2018	November 13, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

Time required to respond to citizen requests received through the NSC website	Value	14.00	8.50	11.00
	Date	December 12, 2019	November 13, 2023	December 29, 2025
	Comment

e-Filing rate for payroll (PAYE) withholding tax	Value	23.80	83.98	45.00
	Date	November 15, 2019	November 7, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

Gender disparity in new staff hired during the project at NSC	Value	n/a	18%	The newly recruited staff maintain a less than 15%
	Date	November 15, 2019	November 8, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

On-time filing rate for payroll (PAYE) withholding tax	Value	80.20	85.80	87.00
	Date	November 15, 2019	November 7, 2023	October 31, 2025
	Comment

Tax Administration and Statistical System Modernization Project

Abstract*

Development Objective

Key Details

Project Details

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Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of February 28, 2025

Detailed Financial Activity as of February 28, 2025

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS