Interior Minister Abdel-Wafi Laftit affirmed, on Tuesday, that his ministry spares no effort in developing and implementing a set of measures related to local financial management and tax system reform
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Laftit has used a set of measures for the good management of domestic finance
Keen to improve the management of local finances and diversify its resources, the ministry has adopted a set of legal and operational measures that mainly relate to the application of Law No. 07.20 amends and complements Law No. 47.06 related to the imposition of taxes on local authorities, as well as said Laftit who answered oral questions in the House of Councilors, as a preparation For a bill relating to royalties and rewards for services rendered and fines to local authorities.
With regard to operational procedures, the minister referred to the establishment of two integrated computer systems to manage tax revenues and expenditures of local authorities, facilitate tax collection, and support local authorities that suffer from an annual budget deficit exceeding 700 million dirhams.
In addition to contributing to the financing of development projects for the benefit of some communities with limited financial resources.
Along the same lines, Laftit reported the adoption of a series of measures aimed at reducing outstanding debts, notably strengthening the capacities of the local tax administration, qualifying human resources, and establishing training, as well as harmonizing interventions from the various entities responsible for tax administration under the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
The minister also touched on the generalization of an integrated computer system for managing tax revenues from local bodies, the physicalization of records for registering taxes to be collected, and the digitization of revenue orders, in partnership with the services of the state's public treasury. The kingdom.
In addition, Mr. Laftit emphasized that the ministry, fully involved in the decentralization project that started since independence, has introduced several reforms to the local tax system by providing it with the necessary regulatory tools to improve its contribution to this project extends to its wings.
He said that the most recent reforms to date have been the issuance of a directive on the implementation of Law 47.06 related to taxation of local authorities and the creation of the legal framework governing electronic filing procedures and payment of taxes due to local authorities.