The Southern Nations Nationalities State Revenues Authority said it has collected over 668 million birr in revenue in the first quarter of this fiscal year, Walta Information Center reported.

Authority Revenue Development and Planning Support Process Owner, Tamiru Teferi, told Walta Information Center, that the revenue was obtained from direct and indirect taxes as well as other income titles.

The authority has has not achieved its target collecting 902 million birr in the first quarter as taxpayers were unable to discharge their responsibility, he said.

According to Tamiru, the authority has set a plan to collect 4.1 billion birr income this budget year.

The South Revenues Authority collected more than 3 billion birr last fiscal year, it was learnt.

Source: Walta Information Center