Revenue assignments are set out in Schedule V of the Constitution. There are 19 tax headings under the schedule but currently the region and state governments are allowed to collect under nine headings, while the budget headings indicate only seven sources of tax revenues: excise tax, land tax, embankment tax, forestry tax, mining tax, lakes/streams tax, and municipal tax. The total amount of taxes collected from these sources by region and state governments is currently about 4% of total government revenues, with variations from 13% in Mandalay Region to 0.7% to Rakhine State, a reflection in part of the differing levels of economic development across states and regions.17 For almost all states and regions, the municipal tax is either the first or the second most important revenue source. International experience suggests that local governments should be assigned stable sources of revenue that are easy to administer and clearly separable across different local jurisdictions; and commonly agreed examples of such sources include: real estate property taxes, retail sales taxes, business fees, motor vehicle fees, and user charges. From this perspective, the current list of local taxes for Myanmar would seem to be a good beginning, but will need to be reviewed in the context of the overall reform of the government’s tax policy as well as the future directions for decentralization