The RRA is charged with enforcing, assessing, collecting, and accounting for the various taxes imposed in Rwanda.

[1] The law that created the Rwanda Revenue Authority was passed by the Rwandan Parliament in 1997, but the agency became operational in 1998.

[1] RRA started in 1998, with 200 employees who needed training and equipping with skills and technology to perform their duties.

[2] Non compliance by large corporate clients,[3] and the sourcing and retention of qualified experienced staff, remain challenges for the tax agency.

[4] The chief executive officer of the organization is the Commissioner General, currently Niwenshuti Ronald, appointed by the President of Rwanda, with the consent of the Senate, for a term of five years, renewable once.