World Bank Pakistan: Technical Assistance Support for Tax Modelling and Capacity Building

• Country: Pakistan
• Summary: World Bank Pakistan: Technical Assistance Support for Tax Modelling and Capacity Building
• PKT Ref No: 130434083
• Deadline: 26 Nov 2025
• Financier: World Bank (WB)
• Purchaser Ownership: Government
• Tender Value: Refer Document
• Notice Type: Tender
• Document Ref. No.: 0002019589
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• Description:
• The World Bank Pakistan Economic Policy team-s ongoingengagement on fiscal policy supports the Government of Pakistan instrengthening revenue mobilization, improving the quality of tax policy, andenhancing the institutional architecture that underpins evidence based fiscalmanagement. As part of this engagement, the World Bank will provide targetedtechnical assistance to the newly established Tax Policy Office (TPO) withinthe Ministry of Finance. The creation of the Tax Policy Office represents animportant step in separating tax policy from tax administration and in placingpolicy formulation, analysis, and coordination on a stronger institutionalfooting.A central element of the World Bank-s support willfocus on strengthening the analytical and data foundations of the TPO throughtargeted technical assistance. The aim is to build institutional capacitywithin the TPO to undertake timely and rigorous assessments of tax policyoptions as well as in the preparation of a medium- and long-term revenuestrategies. Over time, the TPO is expected to become largely self-sustaining intechnical analysis, reflecting the World Bank-s broader goal of fosteringstrong, independent public institutions in partner countries.The technical support primarily consists of capacitybuilding for TPO staff through the dissemination of best practices on taxpolicy design and formulation. This involves helping the TPO staff:· Identifypolicy objectives: e.g., raising revenue, promoting equity, or encouragingcertain behaviors.· Designthe tax base: determining what is taxed (income, consumption, property, etc.).· Setthe rate structure: deciding how much to tax and whether rates are flat,progressive, or tiered.· Assessingadministrative feasibility: ensuring the tax can be implemented efficiently.To implement this, technical assistance will also includethe maintenance, and where needed, the building of tax models in closepartnership with the TPO to maximize knowledge transfer. Tax models will coverall the m...
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Terms-of-Reference_support-to-the-WBG.pdf