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Author: Richard E. Krever Publisher: PULP ISBN: 098026586X Category : Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
Collection of articles reviewing the experience of the implementation of VAT in Africa. Besides analyses, the articles offer guidelines for reforming and improving both technical and administrative aspects of the tax. The several chapters consider design and structure of the VAT, VAT and specific factors, administrative aspects of VAT, Inter-jurisdictional and international aspects of VAT, and VAT and Francophone Africa.
Author: Richard E. Krever Publisher: PULP ISBN: 098026586X Category : Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
Collection of articles reviewing the experience of the implementation of VAT in Africa. Besides analyses, the articles offer guidelines for reforming and improving both technical and administrative aspects of the tax. The several chapters consider design and structure of the VAT, VAT and specific factors, administrative aspects of VAT, Inter-jurisdictional and international aspects of VAT, and VAT and Francophone Africa.
Author: Sijbren Cnossen Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0192582372 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 400
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Most African countries are in dire need of more tax revenue. In 28 out of 45 countries with a value-added tax (VAT), total tax revenue as a percentage of GDP is around 15% or less, falling short of what is necessary to finance basic human and economic development. Far from being revenue-raising instruments, current African VATs are riddled with exemptions, exclusions, and zero rates on domestic goods and services that depress revenue, are highly distortionary, and greatly complicate the administration of VAT. Modernizing VATs in Africa enables policymakers, professionals, and students to analyse African tax systems to ascertain how they can be modernized. It explains the case for VAT base-broadening over rate-increasing, arguing that exemptions and zero rates mainly accrue benefits for higher-income groups. Even more persuasively, it demonstrates that the net result of fiscal systems can be equalizing if the revenue of broad-based VATs is used to finance in-kind transfers, such as healthcare and education. VAT modernization should be used to enable governments to finance development; Modernizing VATs in Africa puts a compelling case forward for how and why this can be achieved.
Author: Sijbren Cnossen Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0198844077 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 366
Book Description
Most African countries are in dire need of more tax revenue. In 28 out of 45 countries with a value-added tax (VAT), total tax revenue as a percentage of GDP is around 15% or less, falling short of what is necessary to finance basic human and economic development. Far from being revenue-raising instruments, current African VATs are riddled with exemptions, exclusions, and zero rates on domestic goods and services that depress revenue, are highly distortionary, and greatly complicate the administration of VAT. Modernizing VATs in Africa enables policymakers, professionals, and students to analyse African tax systems to ascertain how they can be modernized. It explains the case for VAT base-broadening over rate-increasing, arguing that exemptions and zero rates mainly accrue benefits for higher-income groups. Even more persuasively, it demonstrates that the net result of fiscal systems can be equalizing if the revenue of broad-based VATs is used to finance in-kind transfers, such as healthcare and education. VAT modernization should be used to enable governments to finance development; Modernizing VATs in Africa puts a compelling case forward for how and why this can be achieved.
Author: Mick Moore Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1783604557 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 289
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Taxation has been seen as the domain of charisma-free accountants, lawyers and number crunchers – an unlikely place to encounter big societal questions about democracy, equity or good governance. Yet it is exactly these issues that pervade conversations about taxation among policymakers, tax collectors, civil society activists, journalists and foreign aid donors in Africa today. Tax has become viewed as central to African development. Written by leading international experts, Taxing Africa offers a cutting-edge analysis on all aspects of the continent's tax regime, displaying the crucial role such arrangements have on attempts to create social justice and push economic advancement. From tax evasion by multinational corporations and African elites to how ordinary people navigate complex webs of 'informal' local taxation, the book examines the potential for reform, and how space might be created for enabling locally-led strategies.
Author: Zmarak Shalizi Publisher: World Bank Publications ISBN: 9780821311653 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 38
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Trade is an essential driver for sustained economic growth, and growth is necessary for poverty reduction. In Sub-Saharan Africa, where three-fourths of the poor live in rural areas, spurring growth and generating income and employment opportunities is critical for poverty reduction strategies. Seventy percent of the population lives in rural areas, where livelihoods are largely dependent on the production and export of raw agricultural commodities such as coffee, cocoa, and cotton, whose prices in real terms have been steadily declining over the past decades. The deterioration in the terms of trade resulted for Africa in a steady contraction of its share in global trade over the past 50 years. Diversification of agriculture into higher-value, non-traditional exports is seen today as a priority for most of these countries. Some African countries-in particular, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, CÔte d'Ivoire, Senegal, and Zimbabwe-have managed to diversify their agricultural sector into non-traditional, high-value-added products such as cut flowers and plants, fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. To learn from these experiences and better assist other African countries in designing and implementing effective agricultural growth and diversification strategies, the World Bank has launched a comprehensive set of studies under the broad theme of "Agricultural Trade Facilitation and Non-Traditional Agricultural Export Development in Sub-Saharan Africa." This study provides an in-depth analysis of the current structure and dynamics of the European import market for flowers and fresh horticulture products. It aims to help client countries, industry stakeholders, and development partners to get a better understanding of these markets, and to assess the prospects and opportunities they offer for Sub-Saharan African exporters.
Author: Tax Justice Network-Africa Publisher: Fahamu/Pambazuka ISBN: 0857490427 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 95
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This short introduction to issues of tax justice explains the meaning and causes of tax injustice and offers options for a better future. Providing insight into the specific failures of Africa s tax systemand the associated problems of capital flight, tax evasion, tax avoidance, and tax competitionthis book explores the role of governments, parliaments, and taxpayers, and asks how stakeholders can help achieve tax justice. Arguing that tax revenues are essential for establishing independent states of free citizens, it demonstrates how the tax consensus promoted by multilateral agencies, such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, has influenced tax policy in Africa and led to a reduction in government revenues in many countries. "
Author: Mr.Günther Taube Publisher: International Monetary Fund ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 50
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This paper analyses presumptive taxation methods and their application in Sub-Saharan Africa. Presumptive taxation involves simple techniques to capture domestic transactions and sources of income that frequently escapes conventional taxation.
Author: Richard Krever Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 258
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This volume surveys all the issues that must be considered when designing a VAT. These include the how to best apply VAT to cross-border services, real property (immovable property), financial services, public bodies, and gambling and lotteries. Other design issues include the rate structure and registration thresholds. VAT administration issues, including best practice models and the treatment of refunds, are also explored. The issues are brought together in a general survey of VAT design and drafting. Other issues include VAT sharing in federal jurisdictions and a survey of VAT in Francophone Africa.
Author: OECD Publisher: OECD Publishing ISBN: 9264390839 Category : Languages : en Pages : 388
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Revenue Statistics in Africa 2023 compiles comparable tax revenue and non-tax revenue statistics for 33 countries in Africa. It also includes a special feature on the VAT Digital Toolkit for Africa.
Author: Richard E. Krever
Author: Richard E. Krever
Author: Sijbren Cnossen
Author: Sijbren Cnossen
Author: Mick Moore
Author: Zmarak Shalizi
Author: Tax Justice Network-Africa
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Author: Mr.Günther Taube
Author: Richard Krever
Author: OECD