Support for Death Tax Repeal: Americans' Views & Opinions

Americans express strong opinions on repealing the death tax, with various demographics showcasing differing levels of support. There is a trend among voters over 50 favoring complete repeal, while sentiments toward the Gift Tax and Generation Skipping Tax parallel those on the estate tax. The principle of avoiding double taxation resonates with many, as shown by the preferences for amending the Gift Tax. Overall, the topic of estate taxation elicits a range of viewpoints among the public.

• Death Tax
• Repeal
• Estate Tax
• Voters
• Opinion

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1. Aid Transparency and Fiscal Transparency - Rwanda Experience - Marie-Ange INGABIRE External Finance Unit Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning IATI Partner Country Meeting 23 April, 2012, Paris

2. Outline Aid Context in Rwanda Aid Transparency and Fiscal Transparency in Rwanda Achievements and Challenges Current Efforts and Future Work 1

3. Aid Context in Rwanda ODA continues to play an important role in national efforts for development and poverty reduction. Significant increase in aid volume since early 2000 approx. US$ 980 million in FY 2010/11. 40-50% of national budget externally funded. In some sectors, approx 75% of sector spending externally funded. Aid Portfolio evolved considerably: Budget Support (GBS and SBS) - between 29%-38% of total ODA Increasing use of country systems (50% of total ODA in 2010, up from 42% in 2007) 2

4. Aid Transparency and Fiscal Transparency Aid Transparency critical for fiscal transparency and for development effectiveness in Rwanda Transparency Optimizing resource allocation Aid Transparency Development Fiscal Effectiveness Enhancing accountability (domestic and mutual) Aid on Budget in Rwanda Aid executed by GoR to be on budget, approved by Parliament. Other information included as Annex for information sharing (not through PFM system). Large volume of aid continues to be provided outside of GoR execution (34%) 3

5. Achivements Development Assistance Database (DAD) since 2004 a depository of aid information Donor Performance Assessment Framework (DPAF) improving comprehensiveness of aid information and transparency Public Finance Management (PFM) reforms bearing fruits PEFA outcomes PEFA 2010 shows a solid and progressive improvement from PEFA 2007 Comprehensiveness of information documentation scored as A (PEFA 2010). Since 2007 -consistently using a comprehensive budget documentation process. Aid on Budget (PD Indicator 3) 71% in 2010 from 51% in 2007 included in budget 4

6. Challenges Considerable volume of aid provided outside of GoR execution (34% of ODA rated D by PEFA 2010); While predictability of budget support is good, financial information provided by donors for budgeting and reporting on project and programme aid weak (rated D+ by PEFA 2010); Medium-term improvement. Little forward planning information that enables accurate and effective budgeting. predictability/transparency needs further 5

7. Challenges Not timely and comprehensive information in line with the Government s budget classification and Government fiscal cycle information partially useful for budget planning and in context of Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) Aid Information in Development Assistance Database (DAD) not feeding effectively for budget preparation, execution, and monitoring. Significant lack of data on ODA flows not being channelled through government, including data from NGOs. Not all DPs report through DAD (i.e. emerging donors) 6

8. On-going Efforts and Future Work Increasing use of country systems in line with the Busan commitments. Continue PFM reform (rolling out of Smart FMIS facilitating GoR agencies ensuring comprehensive budget information and effective execution reporting) Integration of DAD with Smart FMIS (expected to be completed before June 2012) DAD integrating GoR s Chart of Accounts; DAD planning/commitment information feeding into budget module; DAD disbursement information feeding into revenue module; DAD direct payment information feeding into expenditure module; NGO execution module currently in plan for DAD 7 7

9. Thank you 8