Sudanese advisor: 8 trillion dinars in tax revenues expected this year as a result of financial reform policies

 Sudanese advisor: 8 trillion dinars in tax revenues expected this year as a result of financial reform policies

 The Prime Minister’s financial advisor, Mazhar Muhammad Saleh, predicted that the state would achieve initial tax revenues of approximately 8 trillion dinars during the current year 2025, explaining that this figure represents about 50 percent of the total non-oil revenues estimated between 16 and 17 trillion dinars, at a time when initial estimates indicate the possibility of non-oil revenues rising to about 18 trillion dinars by the end of the year .

Saleh said, "These indicators reflect a gradual shift in the structure of public revenues as a result of the policies adopted by the government within its economic and financial reform program, which aims to reduce dependence on oil as a primary source of public revenues and to enhance resources." 

He explained that “the government, with legislative support from the House of Representatives since 2022, has developed a broad reform roadmap aimed at raising the contribution of non-oil revenues to about 20 percent of total public revenues in annual budgets, after it did not exceed 10 percent in previous years, which is considered a structural transformation in public finance management.” 

Saleh explained that “improving the efficiency of indirect tax collection, especially customs, is an important factor, as every 1 percent increase in the efficiency of customs collection, at current levels, provides additional revenues exceeding 800 billion dinars annually,” stressing that “these additional resources have a real ability to finance the salaries of tens of thousands of public service employees and alleviate the pressure on the public treasury.”