He disclosed this during a press conference held yesterday at GRA headquarters in Banjul.
According to the GRA boss, the authority collected D2.6 billion, representing the highest ever monthly collection in the history of the GRA.
He further mentioned that GRA collected D2.2 billion in January, D1.8 billion in February and D2.6 billion in March.
”The Authority is tasked to collect D23 billion by the end of 2025, averaging nearly D2 billion monthly,” the GRA Commissioner highlighted, saying that
this follows the successful collection of over D20.83 billion in 2024, exceeding a previous target of D19.2 billion in 2024 by more than D1 billion.
The Authority recorded a nominal revenue growth of 32%, with the Domestic Taxes Department and Customs and Excise Department growing by 27% and 36%, respectively.
With the D6.7 billion collected, the authority has D16.3 billion more to collect to meet its target, he said, adding that “the impressive” collection is attributable to the digital reforms.
“For instance, we have realised a lot of revenue from the fuel marking. We were able to collect over D1.3 billion in 2025 alone from that tax line,” he disclosed.
CG Darboe also disclosed that the GRA and the Ministry of Finance have signed an addendum contract on the revenue assurance which has to do with the telecoms and the rental income platform. “This will ensure more revenue assurance from those tax lines. It will also help to close gaps in terms of the linkages,” he said.
He informed that the rental income tax will be implemented by the 1st of May, adding that the authority is working on introducing a number of reforms to further boost revenue collection.
