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February 2023|
Blog

Taxes on digital financial services in Africa – An unlevel playing field

by Hannelore Niesten

Taxing transactions made via digital financial services differently from those made via traditional banking services can…

Factsheet

Taxation of digital financial services in Ghana

Working Paper

Technology and Tax: Adoption and Impacts of E-services in Rwanda

Factsheet

Taxation of digital financial services in Kenya

Factsheet

Taxation of digital financial services in Côte d’Ivoire

Factsheet

Taxation of digital financial services in Uganda

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January 2023|
Blog

Mobile money tax: Is there a gender gap?

by Hannelore Niesten & Mary Abounabhan

Gender and tax: As Africa increasingly introduces specific taxes on digital financial services (DFS) such as mobile money, do DFS taxes exacerbate or reduce gender inequality?…

Research in Brief

Digital Financial Services and Digital IDs: What Potential Do They Have For Better Taxation in Africa?

Working Paper

Mobile Money Taxation and Informal Workers: Evidence from Ghana’s E-Levy

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August 2022|
Blog

Ghana’s new e-levy: The sour, sweet and switches so far

by Fabrizio Santoro, Mary Abounabhan & Awa Diouf

Introduced in May 2022, Ghana’s e-levy is a 1.5 per cent tax on the transfer amount of electronic transactions. The objective is to improve tax revenues by tapping into fast-growing digital financial services (DFS). However, many exemptions are applied to the tax design….

Research in Brief

Should Governments Tax Digital Financial Services? A Research Agenda to Understand Sector-specific Taxes on DFS

Working Paper

Enablers, Barriers and Impacts of Digital Financial Services: Insights from an Evidence Gap Map and Implications for Taxation

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