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Policy Brief

The Tanzanian Model for Taxing Mobile Money: Scrap it, Reform it, or Let it Be?

Policy Brief

Crafting a Model for Taxing Digital Financial Services

Policy Brief

Taxing Mobile Money in Africa: Risk and Reward

July 2024|
Blog

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….

Research in Brief

Mobile Money Taxes: Knowledge, Perceptions and Politics. The Case of Ghana

Mobile money agent in Cameroon
June 2024|
Blog

Why Cameroon’s mobile money agents are struggling to increase revenue

by Alphonse Noah & Ruth Tacneng

After the introduction of a tax on mobile money transactions in 2022, mobile money agents in Cameroon have been experiencing a decline in their revenues amid fierce competition, a proliferation of fraud and scams, and liquidity management challenges….

Research in Brief

Cameroon’s Tax on Mobile Money: Implications for Agents’ Performance and Revenue Sustainability

Working Paper

Cameroon’s Tax on Mobile Money: Implications for Agents’ Performance and Revenue Sustainability

May 2024|
Blog

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….

Event
28 February 2024 - 29 February 2024
Taxing mobile money: Lessons and ways forward

The workshop’s primary purpose is to explore how mobile money taxes could be designed in an effective and equitable way based on discussion centred around research and real-life experiences…

Working Paper

Mobile Money Taxes: Knowledge, Perceptions and Politics. The Case of Ghana

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