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A customer counts cash before having funds transferred to his phone at a mobile money exchange.
April 2025|
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Taxes, trust, and transparency: Lessons for Ghana’s fiscal future

by Avi Ahuja

Ghanaian President John Mahama’s government presented its much-awaited 2025 budget last month. In it, Finance Minister…
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April 2025|
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From Identification to Stronger Tax Administration: Can Digital IDs Deliver?

by Fabrizio Santoro & Lucia Rossel

In many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), strengthening state capacity and expanding the tax base are…
Wide shot of a large group of people facing the camera.
March 2025|
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Reasons to be Optimistic about Tax and the Informal Sector

by Max Gallien & Vanessa van den Boogaard

There are many reasons to be anxious about the taxation of informal sectors in lower income…
News
A man writes on a flipchart.
February 2025
ICTD launches new collaborative project exploring tax policy in Ghana’s informal sector

Multi-stakeholder event in Accra see launch of new ICTD project building on years of research and policy dialogues, in partnership with WIEGO, on taxation and informal economies in Africa….
Research in Brief

The Price of Simplicity: Skewed and Regressive Taxation in Accra’s Informal Sector

October 2024
Nana Akua Anyidoho, Max Gallien, Michael Rogan & Vanessa van den Boogaard
July 2024|
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Taxing mobile money: Five critical strategies for policymakers

by Awa Diouf, Hannelore Niesten & Mary Abounabhan

Revenue authorities, policymakers, industry, and researchers met to explore how taxes on mobile money could be effectively and equitably designed….
May 2024|
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Tax incentives for digital payments – Lessons for African tax administration organisations

by Lucia Rossel & Fabrizio Santoro

Are digital payment tax incentives delivering on the promise of increased tax revenuue? A comprehensive comparative compilation of experience in Africa, Asia and America….
News
March 2024
Insights on Ghana’s e-levy: What do we know nearly two years on?

A two-day workshop opened in Accra, Ghana, on the topic ‘Taxing mobile money: Lessons and ways forward’. Research findings and recommendations have been very useful in shaping Ghana’s e-levy….
Working Paper

The E-Levy and Merchant Payment Exemption in Ghana

February 2024
Celeste Scarpini, Fabrizio Santoro, Mary Abounabhan & Awa Diouf
Group of seated women using mobile phones
November 2023|
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Unpacking Zambia’s proposed mobile money levy: Lessons and considerations

by Hannelore Niesten

As Zambia’s proposed e-levy on mobile money transfers takes shape, policymakers would be prudent to consider the lessons learnt by other African countries…
Research in Brief

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

September 2023
Nana Akua Anyidoho, Max Gallien, Michael Rogan & Vanessa van den Boogaard
Nairobi skyline at sunset with a billboard that says eTims and features a woman in a red dress.
August 2023|
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Kenya is going digital to boost tax revenue – there are lessons to learn from other African countries

by Celeste Scarpini & Fabrizio Santoro

Many African tax authorities have weak capacity to raise revenue. From 1990 to 2020, sub-Saharan African…
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