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Fintech financial technology concept image showing Fintech icon hovering over a smartphone, held by a business person.
April 2025
The implications of digital payments for tax administration – Insights from the Inclusive FinTech Forum 2025

What is the potential of digital finance, a cashless economy and system interoperability for strengthening tax…
Working Paper

The Interpersonal Side of Tax Compliance: Interactions Between Taxpayers and Tax Officials in Rwanda

January 2025
Giulia Mascagni, Celeste Scarpini, Denis Mukama, Fabrizio Santoro & Naphtal Hakizimana
News
A screenshot of the cover of the IDS Annual Review 2023-24
September 2024
ICTD policy impact featured in Institute of Development Studies’ latest Annual Review

Among IDS’ successes highlighted in its Annual Review 2023-24 was the pioneering research by ICTD that led to a change in the tax policy in Rwanda….
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
The stage and speakers at the 2nd RRA Research Day.
February 2024
Leveraging Technology for Enhanced Tax Administration: Insights from the 2nd RRA Research Conference

On February 9, 2024, the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) and the International Centre for Tax and…
Nairobi skyline at sunset with a billboard that says eTims and features a woman in a red dress.
August 2023|
Blog

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…
Scenes from a busy street in Kigali, Rwanda.
July 2023|
Blog

Electronic tax administration: Insights from Rwanda where manual practices persist

by Fabrizio Santoro & Kelbesa Megersa

The Rwandan government has been trying to digitalise the economy since 2015, however new evidence from ICTD reveals that not all are on board….
Event
23 May 2023
Webinar: Randomised control trials and complexity in tax interventions

Randomised controlled trials is a method that comes with strengths and weaknesses. Especially in theory-based evaluations…
A nigerian man counting money
April 2023|
Blog

Tackling the hidden costs of taxation: Can digitalisation help?

by Adrienne Lees

Non-compliance can be down to more than just intentional evasion – taxpaying can be time-consuming, complicated and costly. Tackling compliance costs can help. For many countries, digitalisation is top of the list….
Hands of two african individuals doing financial transaction with a point of sales POS terminal as Cash, Naira, Money or currency is changing hands
April 2023|
Blog

Can real-time electronic invoicing fix VAT’s problem?

by Adrienne Lees

VAT’s self-enforcement mechanism is powerful and also its greatest weakness. In Rwanda, China and Ethiopia, e-invoicing systems show promising early results in improving enforcement and compliance….
Research in Brief

Visual Nudges: How Deterrence and Equity Shape Tax Compliance Attitudes and Behaviour in Rwanda

January 2023
Celeste Scarpini, Fabrizio Santoro & Giulia Mascagni
Event
Giulia Mascagni speaking at the RRA
26 October 2022
Webinar: Giulia Mascagni on evidence from tax compliance field experiments in Rwanda

Giulia Mascagni presents at the WIDER Seminar Series on 26 October 2022 in Finland. Register today for this hybrid event!…
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