TA to build up tax policy mechanisms/methodologies/tools and capacity to analyze and report on tax policies, including tax expenditures/tax gap analysis and MoFEA revenue projections

Request for Expressions of Interest for Consulting Services Country: The Republic of The Gambia. Project Title: The Gambia Public Administration Modernization for Citizen Centric Service Delivery (PAMP) Project Assignment Title: Technical Assistance to Strengthen Tax Policy Mechanisms, Methodologies, Tools, and Capacity for Analysis and Reporting Grant Number: IDA-E3820 Project ID NO: P176924 Procurement Method: Individual Consultant Selection Method (IC) Reference No: GM-CPCU - MOFEA-522729-CS-INDV Background The Government of The Gambia, through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs (MoFEA), is implementing several reforms aimed at strengthening domestic resource mobilization, aimed at achieveing fiscal sustainability, and improving evidence-based policy formulation. While substantial progress has been made in tax administration reforms, analytical capacity in tax policy analysis, formulation and revenue forecasting remains limited. The ability of MoFEA to evaluate the fiscal impact of tax reforms/measures, estimate tax expenditures, and assess the tax gap is currently constrained by limited technical capacity, data availabiity and, and the absence of standardized methodologies and analytical tools. To address these constraints, the World Bank under the PAMP Project is supporting the hiring of a consultant to strengthen MoFEA’s institutional capacity to design, analyze, and report on tax policy, by adopting sustainable mechanisms and tools for tax expenditure estimation, analysis, tax gap estimation, tax policy impact assessment and medium-term revenue projections. Objective of the Assignment This assignment emphasizes the feasibility, institutional ownership, and progressive improvement, ensuring that the first generation of methods and tools can be implemented immediately with available data while establishing a credible pathway for future enhancement. The overall objective of the assignment is to strengthen and institutionalize the capacity of the MoFEA’