Zambia Introduces Tariffs on Internet Phone Calls
Some African governments are devising various means of taxing over the top services like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Skype, Viber, and...
Tax amnesty programs are becoming popular in some African countries
In June and July 2018, Tanzania and Angola introduced tax amnesty programs. In Tanzania, an order issued on June 30 required taxpayers to...
How the OECD’s Multilateral Instrument Will Affect The Nigeria-Spain Tax Treaty
On June 7, 2017, an important event happened in tax treaty history. Ministers and high-level officials from 76 countries agreed or...
Ghana and Nigeria Target Gains from Excise Taxes
Excise duty stamp introduced in Ghana The stamp will curb illicit trading of excisable goods. According to the government, the illicit...
PwC and World Bank Paying Taxes Report: Nigeria targets top 50 ranking by 2020
Globally, Nigeria ranks 182 out of 189 countries on the ease of paying taxes index.[1] Between 2010 and 2016, Nigeria dropped in ranking...
BEPS Multilateral Instrument: Where do African Countries go from here?
On November 24, 2016, a multilateral instrument (the 'instrument') to modify bilateral tax treaties was adopted by more than 100...
Voluntary Tax Compliance in Nigeria: Now, Never, or Later?
The challenge of tax enforcement has been a recurring decimal in Nigeria. At the international plane, while the argument for tax...
Increasing Nigeria's Tax Revenue - Ten Ways to go
Since the discovery of oil, the Nigerian economy has been run almost solely on petrodollars. The fall in oil prices has propelled the...
Nigeria: FIRS grants tax amnesty to defaulting companies which pay outstanding taxes
On October 5, 2016, the Nigerian Federal Inland Revenue Service (“FIRS”) issued a public notice granting a three year tax amnesty to...
