South Sudan Orders Cash Tax Payments to Ease Liquidity Crisis

By Roselyn Oboy

The Ministerial High-Level Committee on Economic Reform has directed taxpayers to pay taxes in cash through the South Sudan Revenue Authority’s bank accounts as part of measures aimed at addressing the country’s ongoing liquidity challenges.

The decision was reached during an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday that brought together managing directors of commercial banks, officials from the Bank of South Sudan, the South Sudan Revenue Authority, and representatives of Crawford Capital Pay.

Speaking to the media after the meeting, the committee’s acting secretary and Minister of Public Service and Human Resource Development, Hon. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, announced that the committee had also removed the existing limits on cash withdrawals and deposits in South Sudanese Pounds.

He said the cash tax payment directive is intended to improve liquidity within the banking system while supporting government revenue collection.

Despite the new measure, the committee reaffirmed its commitment to the ongoing digitalization of tax payments, saying Crawford Capital Pay will continue to play a key role in advancing electronic payment systems and the country’s broader digital transformation agenda.

The committee also assigned Minister Gatkuoth to head a sub-committee that will review the implementation of the reforms. The team will focus on proposals to recapitalize the Bank of South Sudan, strengthen the banking sector, improve domestic revenue collection, and support the timely payment of salaries for public servants.