DataTorque’s Revenue Management System Goes Live in Haiti

23 December 2016

DataTorque’s Revenue Management System Goes Live in Haiti

Nine months after kick-off, New Zealand business DataTorque has delivered its Revenue Management System (RMS) to help the Government of Haiti improve the livelihoods of its 10 million citizens.

“DataTorque’s RMS is helping the government in Haiti increase compliance, transparency and revenue by simplifying and streamlining the collection of domestic taxes,” says Bill Chatwin, Managing Director at DataTorque.

The project which began in February this year is part of the Haitian Government’s fiscal reforms that are aimed at increasing the nation’s self-sufficiency.

“We’re delighted to have the first stage of the project live just nine months after kick off”, says Mr Chatwin.

“DataTorque has partnered with C2D Services from Montreal to deliver the project, which is our first in a French-speaking country. Our team has enjoyed working directly with our client and partners both in-country and from Wellington.”

“With 77% of Haitians living below the poverty line, DataTorque’s RMS is key to a range of initiatives that can help to make a significant difference to the country’s development potential” says Mr Chatwin.

“Making more tax revenue available to the Government gives it the capacity to invest in its citizens and infrastructure like schools and hospitals”, he says. “These types of benefits are core to DataTorque’s ethos of collective success – everyone advancing together.”

Mr Chatwin says the project has not been without its challenges including Haiti’s devastating October hurricane.

“Our work in Haiti is both challenging and rewarding for our staff, as well as being our first Francophone project which has required some innovative approaches.” he says. “We have built a new translation engine for our software which can now be used elsewhere.”

DataTorque and C2D Services have a six-year contract with Global Affairs Canada to install the Revenue Management System for Haiti’s tax authority, the Direction Générale des Impôts. The Government of Canada provides funding for this programme and the Canadian Revenue Agency provides advisory support.

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