The Haiti-Canada Municipal Cooperation Programme – Phase 2 (PCM2) has been helping local governments in Haiti since 2014 to continue to develop their taxation systems and inter-governmental cooperation. This programme is funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and is run by a consortium made up of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), the Union des municipalités du Québec (UMQ) and the City of Montreal. The programme aims to create a more transparent, efficient and sustainable administrations within Haiti’s territorial communities and proposes management models to improve the delivery of local services.
Tax mobilization
Tax mobilization has been a key element in this programme. It provides local governments with the means to fund the delivery of services to citizens. In Port-au-Prince, 52,761 properties were registered, while 35,400 were registered in the Les Palmes region. This process involved creating a database of buildings and taxpayers to calculate and generate the tax accounts. House numbering and street identification also increased the effectiveness of the tax collection system. As a result, revenues in Port-au-Prince increased from 109 million HTG (Haitian gourdes) at the beginning of the project to 284 million HTG by the end, and from 4 million HTG to nearly 10 million HTG for the Les Palmes region. Haiti’s department of the economy and finances has been actively involved in this initiative, thus ensuring ongoing results.
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