Investor Presentaiton
The role of Civil Society Groups in Tracking Taxes at the Federal, State and
Local Government levels; Contd.
Ensure that aspiring political office holders clearly understand the Tax Policy and
are able to articulate their plans for the tax system to which they will be held
accountable. This can be done by:
Forming strategic alliances with government on budget formulation and other
legislative issues. Government authorities can also work strategically with CSO
partners to pursue policy initiatives which may otherwise be undermined or blocked
by vested interests. For example, a government considering reallocating funds from
underperforming public enterprises to its basic education budget could enlist the
support of CSOs to present some data to support its case
ā Getting Involved in budget monitoring. Finally, CSOs can serve as an important
asset in monitoring the implementation of government budgets particularly when
decentralized units are implementing projects in remote parts of a country. In this
regard, CSOs can serve as whistleblowers to alert government officials of any
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