JUBA — The South Sudan Revenue Authority (SSRA) has drastically escalated its non-oil revenue collection mandates. The Commissioner General has set a target of 160 billion South Sudanese Pounds (SSP) per month. This target is for the final four months of the 2025–2026 fiscal year.
The ambitious fiscal directive, announced this week, signals a highly aggressive push by the national government. It aims to offset continuing shortfalls in oil exports. This will be achieved by maximizing domestic taxation and customs duties before the current fiscal year closes.
The Math and the Mandate
If the SSRA successfully meets this newly established monthly benchmark, the Authority will extract an additional 640 billion SSP from the domestic economy. This extraction will occur between March and June 2026.
- Intensified Compliance: Achieving a monthly baseline of 160 billion SSP will require the SSRA to strictly enforce compliance across all non-oil sectors. This demands utmost efficiency in corporate taxes, personal income taxes, and border customs.
- Institutional Pressure: The directive places immediate, heavy pressure on state-level revenue branches. It stresses major border posts, like Nimule, to close financial leakages. They must guarantee all collected funds are remitted directly to the national single treasury account without delay.
Friction with the Private Sector
This revenue announcement arrives at a highly volatile moment for the South Sudanese commercial sector. The ambitious target directly intersects with the ongoing institutional friction about exactly how these taxes are being collected.
The Ministry of Trade and Industry clashed with the executive Economic Cluster just last week. They had disagreements over the operational failures of the Crawford Capital digital payment system. This system is a digitized gateway explicitly designed to boost the SSRA’s revenue streams.
Extracting 160 billion SSP monthly from a private sector already battered by hyperinflation. Currency depreciation and fragile digital infrastructure will raise concerns among local traders. The Chamber of Commerce has long complained about multiple and overlapping taxation.