Monrovia, Liberia – Aiming at increasing vehicle and business registration, the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), in association with the Ministry of Transport (MoT), Liberia National Police (LNP), and the National Federation of Motor and Tricycles Association of Liberia (NAFOMTAL), has started a heightened compliance enforcement exercise across four counties.
Focused on Margibi, Bong, Nimba, and Grand Bassa Counties, the project aims to guarantee that motorbikes, automobiles, tricycles, and enterprises connected to transportation fully follow Liberia’s traffic rules. This covers correct vehicle registration and making sure operators and owners are properly licensed. The government’s more general plan to improve domestic resource mobilization and raise tax compliance includes the enforcement drive.
The government’s attempt to decentralize the registration procedure has welcomed operators and owners of motorcycles, tricycles, and cars, therefore enabling citizens to more easily fulfill their tax duties. Many expressed thanks for the effort, pointing out its significance in encouraging moral behavior and patriotism. Emphasizing the need of helping national development by tax compliance, they also urged their colleagues to follow registration rules.
LRA Assistant Commissioner for Government and Not-for-Profit Division, Eddie H. Howe, emphasized the critical role this initiative plays in decentralizing revenue collection and expanding Liberia’s tax base.
“We see this as a major turning point in our attempts to extend the tax network across the nation and distribute income collecting away from centralized control,” Howe said. He praised the cooperative efforts among the LRA, MoT, and other important players, stressing that these alliances are crucial to guarantee the ongoing success of income generating to promote national development, including the provision of necessary services.
Howe underlined the importance of continuous involvement and collaboration among stakeholders to provide more chances for owners and operators of motorcycles, tricycles, and automobiles to acquire the required licenses and so help in revenue collecting.
The combined effort was also appreciated by Shadrach D. Brown, Director of Press and Public Affairs at the Ministry of Transport. He underlined the need of the cooperation in reaching a complete revenue collecting plan and in lessening the logistical difficulties operators encounter in obtaining licenses and license plates.
From March to August 2024, motor vehicle registrations around the country have brought in more than US$7 million for taxes. This collaborative enforcement project shows the government’s will to promote tax compliance and a more inclusive strategy of national income collecting.
