DIGITAX is delighted to announce the webinar ‘Ghana’s E-Levy: two months in, what do we know?’. This upcoming webinar is the first in a series of webinars on Taxes and Digital Financial Services (DFS) organised by the International Centre for Tax and Development. The Ghana E-Levy, implemented on 1 May 2022, is a hot and…
Closing date for applications: May 8th, 2022 The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) is looking to hire a skilled and motivated Senior Communications Consultant to lead on the design and execution of the communications and engagement strategy for the DIGITAX research programme. DIGITAX is a three-year research programme funded by the Bill &…
Closing date for applications: Saturday, 30th April 2022 The International Centre for Tax and Development is seeking a Programme Manager for our flagship DIGITAX research programme. DIGITAX seeks to investigate (a) the impacts of various approaches to taxing digital financial services (DFS) in low-income countries and (b) the extent to which digital payment and the…
DIGITAX is a new ICTD research programme aimed at generating knowledge and evidence to support governments in overcoming the challenges and leveraging the opportunities of the rapid expansion of mobile money and other digital financial services (DFS), as well as the increased relevance of digital IDs across Africa and other lower-income countries. The programme recently…
Background The rapid expansion of mobile money and broader digital financial services (DFS) as well as the increased relevance of digital IDs across Africa and other low-income countries over the past decade gives rise to two new important challenges for tax systems. First, resource-constrained governments may see the expansion of DFS as an opportunity to…
Closing date for applications: Sunday, 21st November 2021 The International Centre for Tax and Development is seeking a Post-Doctoral Researcher (PDR) to work on the DIGITAX Programme. The PDR will be responsible for leading both quantitative and qualitative research, primarily under the research component “Assessment of the impact of taxes on Digital financial services and…
Closing date for applications: Sunday, 31st October 2021 The International Centre for Tax and Development is seeking to appoint a Project Research Officer. The Project Research Officer will work on the DIGITAX Programme and will contribute to innovative and high-quality research on taxing digital financial services and the use of technology in tax administration. The…
Closing date for applications: July 24, 2021 The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) is looking to hire a talented, passionate and motivated Communications Consultant to lead on the development and delivery of a communications strategy for the DIGITAX programme. DIGITAX is a three-year research programme funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation….
Send an expression of interest by June 30th The ICTD is looking for talented, passionate and motivated junior researchers to support our expanded research programme. This is a call for expressions of interests for researchers who fit the profile described below. Details on the nature of engagement are intentionally left flexible at this stage, as…
Closing date for applications: June 15, 2021 The ICTD has launched DIGITAX, a three-year research programme funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that aims to explore the intersections between tax systems and the expansion of digital financial services (DFS). It aims to support governments in (i) designing appropriate and effective taxation of DFS…
In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, cash-strapped governments across Africa will be looking for ways to fill revenue gaps. Having long faced challenges in taxing large multinational corporations and significant informal economic activities, they may be tempted to raise much-needed revenue relatively easily by imposing taxes on rapidly growing digital financial services, particularly mobile…
ICTD is seeking a Lead Researcher for our new three-year research programme funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to investigate (a) the consequences of alternative methods of taxing digital financial services (DFS) in low income countries and (b) how DFS platforms, the use of digital ID, and technology more broadly, can contribute effectively…
