e-Gov Project

The system gives tax payers a possibility to use a modern, efficient and secure way to file various tax applications and reduces the administrative burden on the Public Revenue Office (PRO).

- Easy-to-use and secure solution enabling 24/7 communication with the Public Revenue Office
- System confirms if the tax return is accepted and correct
- System informs the user of any corrections that should be made and provides the correction form
- Provides various types of reports and reviews on the submitted forms and every change of the form status.

- Substantial reduction of the administrative cost for both the Public Revenue Office and the tax payers
- Reduces the risk of human errors in filling of the tax returns
- Enables transparent and efficient collection of taxes
- Faster and more efficient processing of large volume of data

The e-tax application was launched in July 2006. The largest 131 companies were invited by the Public Revenue Office to file their taxes through the system. Ninety percent of them are already registered in the system and 70% of their monthly tax applications are submitted electronically.

In April 2009, all small and medium tax payers in Macedonia were officially invited to start using e-tax services for filing their returns. Ever since, the number is permanently increasing.

During April and May 2009, the eGov Project organized presentations of its applications in Skopje, Tetovo, Shtip, Bitola and Kavadarci. The presentations were attended by over 1200 representatives of business community public institutions as potential users of EXIM, e-Procurement, e-Tax and Employment Registration applications.

The eGov Project and Public Revenue Office Promoted e-Tax Services for SMEs - April 8, 2009

The Public Revenue Office and the eGov Project officially invited SMEs to start using e-Tax services at a press conference held on April 8, 2009.
e-Tax services have since 2006 been used only by the large tax payers. Since April 2009, they are available to all tax payers, regardless of their size. PRO and the eGov Project are implementing an intensive promotional campaign to inform potential users of the functionalities of the e-Tax system.
At the press conference, the media were addressed by Gordana Toseva, Chief of Party of the eGov Project and Muhedin Avdic, Director of the PRO Department for Tax Services. The functionalities of the application were presented by Blagica Mitrovska, Head of the PRO IT Department. The event was covered by a large number of media representatives interested in the possibilities and the benefits of the system.
e-Procurement System Integration - March 2009
During March and April 2009, the eGov Project experts, Public Procurement Bureau and IT company Seavus worked intensively on defining the detailed solutions and modules for the planned process of integration of the two electronic procurement systems - the PPB Web Information System and e-Procurement. Work was taking place in a constructive and collaborative atmosphere and it should soon be completed. The integration will financially be supported by the Macedonian Government. The integrated e-procurement system will be completed by January 1, 2010.

First phase of the development of e-Tax Services software application for the Public Revenue Office was accomplished successfully - the prototype was presented on Friday, 4 November 2005. In less than two hours in the premises of the PRO the developer SEAVUS with assistance from their counterparts PRO IT Department, explained the features and specific benefits for each user. The employees of the PRO, future key users, followed the presentation with interest learning how the system will overtake great burden of their everyday work. General Director of the PRO was present as well as USAID and IMPACT Project representatives.

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Maja Dimovska-Leova, Head of Tax Department, PRO
Zdravko Sami, USAID
Petra Miteva, PRO General Director
Jovce Plastinovski, Deputy Chief of Party, IMPACT

USAID e-Gov project and SEAVUS, a Macedonian software developer, signed a contract on developing an e-Tax Services application on Friday, October 14th 2005.

The system was developed for the Public Revenue Office (PRO) and is planned initially to be used by the 130 biggest tax payers. So far 90 of the large tax payers are registered into the system and submit their tax returns on line.

This application is a typical example on how administrative burdens will be significantly reduced both for the private users, the taxpayers and the state administration, the PRO. The processing of this enormous amount of data will be speeded up and above all be done in a secure way human beings are hardly able to match.

e-Tax services will help stimulating the economy in Macedonia as well as ensure the transparent and efficient collection of taxes.