Description:
This report is a result of the mission
of the World Bank to the Czech Republic during November 17
to 27, 2008 for providing advisory service to the Government
of the Czech Republic for the design and development of a
modern, integrated revenue authority. Earlier, between
February and April 2008, a World Bank mission had reviewed
the draft merger plan prepared by the Ministry of Finance of
the Czech Republic in January 2008 and examined the key
issues for the merger of tax and customs administrations and
the integration of the collection, enforcement and audit
functions of social contributions. The preliminary findings
of the World Bank are contained in the 'report on an
integrated revenue administration' in two volumes which
was disseminated in June 2008. This mission in November 2008
is the first in a series of missions over the next eighteen
months for providing the advisory services as requested to
the Government of the Czech Republic. During this first
mission, the Bank has worked with the Czech counterparts to
develop for the new Jednotni Inkasni Misto (JIM): (i) an
integrated vision and key concepts (ii) major objectives and
key elements of reform; (iii) a comprehensive strategy for
reform of the organizational structure, human resources,
business processes, and information systems; (iv) project
management structure; (v) change management strategy; and
(vi) key performance indicators.