PEFA Assessment: Data required and sources

PEFA 2016 Performance Indicator

Data required Data sources

Data Provided

(Y/N)

19.2 Revenue risk management

  • Information on the procedures and approach used by entities collecting central government revenues to assess and prioritize compliance risks; and whether it covers (i) all categories of revenue; (ii) key payer segments (at a minimum, medium and large revenue payers); and (iii) payers’ four main obligations

 

  • Documented risk management approach used by revenue authorities to assess and prioritize compliance risks

 

  • A register of identified compliance risks for each payer segment (and for large- and medium-sized payers at a minimum)

 

  • (The best information sources are the entities collecting most or the majority of central government revenue.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

19.3 Revenue audit and investigation

  • The existence of a compliance improvement plan for each revenue-collecting authority or major revenue measure

 

  • Data on the extent to which audit and fraud investigations are managed and reported on according to a documented compliance improvement plan

 

  • The completion rate of audit and fraud investigations (i.e., a comparison of those planned and those conducted)

 

  • Documented compliance improvement plan

 

  • Status reports on progress in the implementation of planned risk-mitigation activities and audit and fraud investigations

 

  • (The best information sources are the entities collecting most or the majority of central government revenue.)
 

19.4. Revenue arrears monitoring

 

  • The stock of revenue arrears at the end of the last completed fiscal year.

 

  • The total revenue collection for the same year.

 

  • The revenue arrears older than 12 months at the end of the last completed fiscal year

 

  • Revenue collection authority records such as a documented report on (i) the stock of revenue arrears; and (ii) revenue arrears older than 12 months

 

PI-20 Accounting for revenue

20.1 Information on revenue collections

  • Evidence that information is received on all revenue by a central agency, through systems or separate reports

 

  • Reports on revenue are organized by the central agency that receives information from collecting entities
  • Entities/revenue authorities collecting CG revenue

 

  • Treasury or other designated revenue recipients

 

  • Central bank

 

 

Annex 1.4. Initial data request letter and data template