Liberia: LRA's LITAS, online and mobile tax payments, and GAC audits

LRA online services

The LRA lists its e-services on one page ¹. It says tax can be paid by bank transfer or Visa card through the Pay Tax Here page in LITAS ¹. Help is offered by web chat and by phone or WhatsApp on +231-888572572 or 770572572 ¹.

• LITAS, for managing tax processes, at elitas.lra.gov.lr ¹
• Pay Tax Here, a bill check and payment page in LITAS ¹
• eTax Clearance, for tax clearance certificates ¹
• ASYCUDA, for customs ¹
• Verification tools for a TIN or a receipt ¹
• A GST and VAT registration portal ¹

E-filing and mobile payments

DAI, which ran the USAID-funded Revenue Generation for Governance and Growth (RG3) project, says a mobile tax filing platform was launched in April 2018 (company statement) ⁴. DAI says taxes due reported by e-filing rose from US$1.2 million in one quarter to US$12.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2018 ⁴.

On 21 August 2025 the LRA began training Tax Business Office staff on a new payment system integrated with LITAS ². It said mobile money companies give taxpayers real-time electronic receipts and that seven of Liberia's nine commercial banks were connected ². The work is backed by the World Bank-funded Governance Reform and Accountability Transformation (GREAT) Project ². The LRA aimed to end manual reporting at trained offices by 1 September 2025 and has a goal of US$1 billion in annual revenue ².

At its first digital symposium on 15 April 2026, the LRA said LITAS lets taxpayers generate payment slips and pay in real time ³. Officials said electronic invoicing, VAT modules in LITAS, a contact centre and USSD services were in development ³. The LRA said it is integrating with commercial banks, mobile money operators and the Central Bank of Liberia ³.

GAC audit of revenue reconciliation

The GAC released a compliance audit of revenue collection and reconciliation for July 2018 to December 2024, as reported by David A. Yates of the Liberian Observer on 20 May 2026 ⁵. It found over US$63.9 million in bill-payment discrepancies in ASYCUDA, with some payments lacking receipt numbers ⁵. The auditors warned that revenue figures "may not be assured" ⁵.

The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, the LRA and the Central Bank of Liberia responded at a joint press conference ⁵. Finance Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan had asked for an independent investigation in January 2025 ⁵. President Joseph Nyuma Boakai sent the report to the Ministry of Justice and the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission ⁵. Listed reforms include revised bank agreements, stricter daily reporting, wider ASYCUDA and LITAS use, and quarterly reconciliations ⁵.

Destination inspection contract dispute

In July 2021 the government signed a 10-year contract with Medtech for destination inspection at the Freeport of Monrovia, replacing BIVAC, as reported by Obediah Johnson Sirleaf of FrontPage Africa on 25 June 2024 ⁶. About 20% of inspection revenue is to go to the government under the contract ⁶. Public Accounts Committee chair Amara Konneh said those funds had not been remitted to the Consolidated Account ⁶.

A Senate committee set up in April 2024 was reviewing the contract, which was not sent to the legislature ⁶. The former government's position was that it was a "service contract" ⁶. FrontPage Africa reported that the fee for a container inspection rose from US$250 to US$450 ⁶.