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2014-11-06

D’Irlande au Pacifique, du Lésotho au Yémen, Kieran Holmes a mis en place des systèmes de taxes. Autant d’expériences de vie et de développement à suivre sur cette carte.

2014-10-31

Kieran Holmes, est un Irlandais qui s'est spécialisé dans l'instauration de systèmes de taxes à travers le monde. Après 35 ans d'expérience à avoir instaurer des administrations fiscales au quatre coins du monde.

2014-07-01

He is described as the anti-corruption crusader for Africa. And he’s from Forthill. Kieran Holmes has been working as Commissioner General for the Burundi Revenue Authority for the last four years.

2014-05-30

Burundi expects to increase its tax revenue this year by 13 percent to 633 billion francs ($408 million) due to more efficient tax collecting and a crackdown on graft, its outgoing tax chief said. Kieran Holmes, who was seconded by a regional trade lobby funded by international donors in 2010 to implement tax reforms, said the extra money came from the newly set up tax agency's (OBR) work reducing graft.

2014-05-25

Irishman left 'safe' job to become taxman in world's hotspots. Branded "the toughest taxman in Africa", Irishman Kieran Holmes has been stamping out corruption in some of the world's most dangerous trouble spots for 30 years.

2014-04-26

KIERAN HOLMES’S early career in the Irish revenue service had not fully prepared him to take over as chief tax collector in Burundi, one of central Africa’s poorest countries. One of his first tasks was learning to use a pistol: getting companies to file returns in a country more accustomed to conflict and corruption can be dangerous. But it is not impossible. In 2010, the year before he took charge of the Office Burundais des Recettes (OBR), a new, autonomous tax agency, Burundi’s tax take was 300 billion Burundian francs ($240m). It has almost doubled since, to 560 billion francs.

2014-01-17

In 2009, Burundi's GDP per capita at $150 per annum was one of the lowest in the world. 80% of the population subsisted below $1 a day and Transparency International listed Burundi as "the most corrupt country in East Africa". It presented one of the most difficult environments in the world to improving the collection of domestic taxes.

2013-12-18

The week of 9th was dedicated to Anti-Corruption World Day. OBR is among institutions which are committed to fighting against corruption by adopting strategic measures.

2013-12-05

Kieran Holmes était un inspecteur des impôts comme les autres. En bon Irlandais, son goût pour le voyage l’a amené à instaurer des systèmes de taxes aux quatre coins du globe.

2013-12-05

Burundi is a country in East Africa bordering Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, owing in part to its geography, past conflict, corruption and poor legal system. Most of the country does not have electricity and only around 2% of inhabitants hold bank accounts.

2013-11-29

Tax evasion has been a universal problem throughout history with manifold economic consequences. Hardest hit are developing countries, with evidence indicating that half or more of the taxes that could be collected remain uncollected and/or unaccounted for due to a combination of tax evasion, avoidance, tax exemptions and corruption. For more on this CNBC Africa is joined by Jeremy Cape, Partner at Dentons.

2013-10-17

In the last five years the OBR has increased government revenue from 300 to 560 billion Burundian francs. Holmes asserts that they should be able to double this again in the next 5 years.

2013-09-10

Burundi is a small open economy on the western reaches of the East African Community bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Rwanda. How does such an economy, with a history of instability and conflict, deal with modernising its tax base whilst striving for economic independence?

2013-07-10

The International Peace Institute is an independent, international not-for-profit think tank with a staff representing more than 20 nationalities, located in New York across from United Nations headquarters.

2013-07-01

When a nation has had its administrative and governance systems shattered during war and conflict, how feasible is it to try to start generating revenue locally? Is it right to ask people who are just recovering from war to start paying taxes?

2013-04-18

Kieran Holmes applauds the UK government's decision to make further aid flows to Pakistan conditional on the basis tax reform, but says more needs to be done.

2013-03-30

Kieran Holmes is a Sligo man who has dodged death, been kidnapped and now lives surrounded by body guards - all in the name of collecting taxes. In his role as the Commissioner General of Revenue in Burundi, he has doubled the revenue intake. He's also played an integral role in turning around the tax systems of Rwanda, Yemen and many other places. He joins us from London.

2013-03-29

Kieran Holmes tells Matthew Bannister about an international tax career that started in Kiribati and has now taken him to Burundi. We hear from Grammy award-winning Afghan American Omar Akram, about the reaction in Afghanistan to his success.

2013-03-20

Kieran Holmes is an Irish tax adviser who currently heads Burundi's revenue authority - the Office Burundais des Recettes. Since his appointment in 2010 he has tackled the country's corrupt tax system and helped it move towards greater economic self-sufficiency. He has also worked in Lesotho, Yemen and Swaziland.

2013-02-22

Kieran Holmes, Office Burundais des Recettes, BurundiA Sligo man has used his skills to help poor countries develop a tax base.

2013-01-14

After nearly 12 years of civil war, the Burundi government has begun to rebuild its economy, and has made revenue collection a priority. Kieran Holmes, head of the country's new revenue authority, shares his strategy for building a transparent and sustainable institution.

2012-12-15

Pamella Sittoni spoke to Kieran Holmes, the Commissioner General, Office Burundais des Recettes — Burundi’s revenue authority— on how he cracked down on tax avoidance and changed mindsets in a country still coming to terms with the rule of law after the 2008 civil war.

2012-11-30

When Kieran Holmes was appointed to overhaul Burundi's corrupt tax system, he set exams for more than 2,000 job applicants and his team marked the papers in his basement: he was determined the process would be squeaky clean.

2012-11-14

The instant Kieran Holmes looks like he’s about to go anywhere in Burundi, four security guards clad in blue camouflage and aviator sunglasses and brandishing AK-47 assault rifles spring into action.