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The National Revenue Authority (NRA) has today, 1st February 2024 successfully gone live with the Product Tracing System (PTS) at Manufacturing Companies in Freetown. According to the implementation plan, it is expected that importers, distributors and retailers of tobacco, wine, spiritous and other alcoholic beverages will follow the trail.
βThe Go-Live is a groundbreaking revenue protection initiative and state-of-the-art product tracing system meant to guarantee the authenticity of products, combat illicit trade and generate more revenue. I am proud of this significant milestone that will ensure transparency and accountability. Our effort is clearly aligned with infrastructure, technology and innovation as part of Big Five Game Changers of the recently launched Medium Term National Development 2024 – 2030β, said Commissioner General- Mrs. Jeneba J. Bangura. The system is a track and trace solution from production/ importation to distribution ensuring transparency and accountability.
*βThe implementation of this cutting-edge technology by the NRA can now effectively trace the movement of goods from their point of production and/or origin to their destination. This will not only help in preventing smuggling and tax evasion but also enables the authority to identify and address any potential loopholes in the systemβ reaffirmed Senior Commissioner of Domestic Tax Department of NRA, Mr. Ibrahim Sorie Kamara.*
The system will equally help in tracking contrabands entering the country. The PTS utilizes a combination of advanced technologies such as barcode scanning, GPS tracking, and data analytics enabling the Authority to gather accurate and up-to-date information about the movement of goods, ensuring that all transactions are properly documented lading to enhanced domestic revenue mobilization.
βIt is good to be a law-abiding citizen and as a company they welcome the reform and also hope their customers will do same to collaboratively help in tracking products in the country; where a product is not stamped or marked that product would be regarded to have been smuggled into the countryβ, cautioned Mr. Khalil Farhat Hidjazi, Managing Director of one the beverage companies that will interface with the system. *
As the system goes live, it is anticipated that it will serve as a model in inspiring other beverage producers and importers to abide with the Excise Stamps and Other Markings Regulations 2022.
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