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E-filing for some kinds of tax payments was introduced at the federal level in Nigeria in 2013, yet it has not been made available by state government for the collection of Personal Income Tax from micro-entrepreneurs – a major source of revenue. Th…
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This paper presents the findings of a study on gender-based taxation differences among market traders in two Nigerian states. At a high level, no significant differences were found between female and male traders in the markets visited in terms of t…
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In this study the factors that determine business people’s attitudes towards paying taxes in Ethiopia, was examined. Based on data obtained from a survey of business taxpayers in Addis Ababa, the study finds a statistically significant relation betw…
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Uganda’s tax-to-GDP ratio hovered between 12 per cent and 13 per cent for more than a decade. Despite various amendments to tax laws and reforms in tax administration. Part of the low revenue contribution can be attributed to factors external to the…
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In recent years, tax experiments have been gaining momentum and with new developments in methods and data availability, tax experiments have gradually moved away from lab settings and towards the field. This movement from the lab to the field has ha…
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This paper analyzes and computes the tax burden on Ethiopian corporations, measured by the average effective tax rate (ETR) on their profit. Our strongest result regards the relation between tax burdens and firm size. There is a statistically signif…
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The fiscal history of Ethiopia is reviewed in this paper, focusing particularly on the period between 1960 and 2010. The detailed fiscal data is available to underpin the analysis. While reviewing the key fiscal and economic events of this period, …
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A Comparative analysis of treaties signed by Uganda and other neighbouring countries, is used in this paper and this is combined with interviews conducted with government officials and private sector tax advisers, to assess whether Uganda’s network…
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Africa’s response to the OECD’s base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project is examined in this paper. The paper also acknowledges that BEPS concerns for developing countries (such as those in Africa) may not necessarily be the same as those fo…
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In this paper the effect of grants from central government on local revenue mobilization in Côte d’Ivoire is analyzed within a period from 2001 - 2011. Two components of local own revenue is considered in Côte d’Ivoire, i.e tax revenue (LTR) and non…
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The issues raised in this paper explores the international tax rules of explicitly treating multinational enterprises (MNEs) as single or unitary firms. Firstly, it briefly explains why reform of international corporate taxation is important partic…
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Governments’ abilities to collect taxes, largely depend on people’s willingness to pay them. The authorities should firstly have a careful comprehension of how taxpayers think about and experience taxation, before they can encourage tax compliance d…
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This paper looks at tax compliance using administrative data from Rwanda. It discusses the use of administrative data for tax research – specifically anonymized taxpayers records, which have become increasingly available on the African continent. Th…
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This paper contributes to the important debate on how to improve the resolution of international tax disputes. It starts by outlining the context and development of international tax dispute resolution, then it analyzes its nature in a comparative c…
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The findings of a feasibility study is presented in this report, which is intended to inform the future design and implementation of the DIALOGUE programme. It has the goal of understanding the social reality of taxation, legitimacy, and accountabi…
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Key findings from a pilot field experiment on tax compliance, is discussed in this paper. A key objective of the paper, is to provide lessons learned on implementing this type of study in low-income countries, and reporting initial econometric resu…
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Poverty reduction, and more recently inequality, are pressing concerns in many low and middle-income countries. This is not in the least due as a result of the Sustainable Development Goals committing countries to significant improvements by 2030.…
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Three of the highest priority actions were identified in this paper, which have the greatest BEPS impact for African economies. These are: Action 4, which deals with limiting base erosion via interest deductions and other financial payments; Action …
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The literature in this report focused exclusively on high and middle-income countries. This paper begins to fill this gap by reporting on the results of a tax field experiment in Rwanda, while also focusing on some characteristics that may be common…
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Citizens often pay a range of ‘taxes’ that differ substantially from statutory policies, in low-income and post-conflict countries and particularly in rural areas. These ‘informal taxes’, paid to a variety of state and non-state actors, are frequent…
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