As part of the efforts to modernize the tax system, works are underway to expand e-Tax (online tax payments) system, the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA) said.
Berhanu Mamo, Information Technology Director at ERCA, said the authority is working to extend the system at a national level.
The system helps taxpayers from anywhere to know online the amount of taxes they owed and pay taxes at any bank located within their reach, according to the director.
Their payments will be transferred to the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) through a core banking system, he added.
Moreover, the authority will put a system that helps to increase the number of taxpayers who gets service at a time from 1,000 to 6,000 in the coming two to three months, he said.
The implementation of the system will enable to avoid overcrowding and to make the tax service efficient, he said.
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