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by Graeme Stewart-Wilson & Ronald Waiswa

Uganda should tax “Covid-19 winners” to fill revenue gaps

Globally, governments are adjusting their tax policies to help address the effects of the coronavirus pandemic….

Protest for MPs to pay their taxes in Uganda

June 2020|

by Vanessa van den Boogaard

How can civil society help achieve more equitable and accountable tax systems?

There is growing international attention on tax collection in low-income countries. This attention is only amplifying…

by Alexandra Readhead, Michael Durst, Sol Picciotto, Mustapha Ndajiwo, Catherine Ngina Mutava, Lakshmi Narayanan, Joy Ndubai, Anthony Kibirige, Allison Christians & Alexander Ezenagu

What should a ‘new deal’ on international tax look like for developing countries?

The OECD secretariat recently proposed a “stock taking exercise” to “re-examine how international tax rules currently…

by Mick Moore & Wilson Prichard

How should we tax after the pandemic?

Globally, tax collections are declining. Governments have cancelled or postponed some tax dues in the effort…

Freetown just implemented a new property tax system that could quintuple revenue

by Wilson Prichard, Abou Bakarr Kamara & Niccoló Meriggi

Freetown just implemented a new property tax system that could quintuple revenue

In the next few weeks, residents of Freetown are expecting to receive new property tax bills…

Covid-19 and the fight against tax havens: Opportunities and risks for developing countries

by Rasmus Corlin Christensen

Covid-19 and the fight against tax havens: Opportunities and risks for developing countries

In the wake of the global financial crisis of 2007-08, tax havens became a hot topic…

To help respond to Covid-19, African governments should prioritise taxing the rich

by Wilson Prichard

So far, policy discussions about tax responses to Covid-19 have focused overwhelmingly on how to offer…

by Vanessa van den Boogaard & Max Gallien

Unpacking Formalisation: The need for a new research agenda on taxation and the informal economy

ICTD Informality and Taxation blog series The ICTD’s Informality and Tax programme seeks to conduct, connect,…

by Vanessa van den Boogaard & Max Gallien

To fight Covid-19, only the formal economy is getting tax breaks. The informal economy may be asked to foot the bill

As the world grapples with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, vulnerable workers in the informal…

How can African tax collectors help cope with the economic impacts of Covid-19?

by Mick Moore

There is no scarcity of criticism of the methods that OECD governments have used – and…

The impact of Covid-19 on global digital tax negotiations

by Rasmus Corlin Christensen

The impact of Covid-19 on global digital tax negotiations

Hour for hour, day for day, the world is changing due to the rapid spread of…

March 2020|