Programme
DIGITAX Research Programme
The DIGITAX programme generated knowledge and evidence as well as delivered advice and support to governments and other stakeholders on overcoming challenges and leveraging opportunities at the interface of digital financial services (DFS), digital IDs, and tax.
Our robust, relevant, and cutting-edge research looked at:
• the taxation of mobile money and other DFS, and;
• the digitalisation of tax systems across lower-income countries, with a particular focus on Africa.
DIGITAX, which ran from 2020 to 2024, was funded by the Gates Foundation.
Key Resources
Opinion and Analysis
How digital public infrastructure could transform tax administration in Africa
News
ICTD launches DFS TaxMap: A comprehensive visualisation tool on taxation of digital financial services in Africa
Publication
Taxing Mobile Money in Africa: Risk and Reward
DIGITAX Research Programme Library
News
Job Opportunity: Communications Consultant, DIGITAX Programme
Closing date for applications: July 24, 2021 The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) is looking to hire a…
News
Opportunities for researchers to work with ICTD
Send an expression of interest by June 30th The ICTD is looking for talented, passionate and motivated junior researchers to…
News
Job Opportunity: Researcher, DIGITAX Programme
Closing date for applications: June 15, 2021 The ICTD has launched DIGITAX, a three-year research programme funded by the Bill…
Opinion and Analysis
Digitising taxation in Nigeria: Challenges and recommendations
In 2016, Nigeria’s Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council recognised that Nigeria should not be left behind in the emerging digitisation…
Opinion and Analysis
The unintended consequences of taxing mobile money transactions
Mobile money taxation is, for some, a controversial topic. One the one hand, it is critical for developing countries to…
News
ICTD recruiting Research Fellow & Lead Researcher for DIGITAX programme
ICTD is seeking a Lead Researcher for our new three-year research programme funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation…
News
New research program to investigate digital financial services, digital ID and taxation
Press Release The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) has been granted $4.5 million by the Bill & Melinda…
Webinar
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Timezone: Europe/London
Virtual
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Timezone: Europe/London
In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, cash-strapped governments across Africa will be looking for ways to fill revenue gaps. Having long faced challenges in taxing large multinational corporations and significant informal economic activities, they may be tempted to raise