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Informality and Tax Community of Practice
The Community of Practice on Informality and Tax is a global network of practitioners and scholars committed to improving both knowledge and policy on how tax authorities engage with informal economies. Building on ICTD’s growing body of research and its strong engagement with partners in the field, the Community of Practice will foster peer-to-peer learning, share cutting‑edge evidence, and co‑design practical tools for governments, development partners, and civil‑society groups.
By convening this diverse mix of actors, ICTD hopes to bridge the gaps between evidence, policy design, and implementation on the ground.
Key Areas of Focus include:
• How to better design simplified and presumptive tax schemes
• Revenue authorities’ experiences with digitisation
• Data assessing equity and compliance impacts in markets
For more information about ICTD work on informality and tax, check out our research and publications pages.
Key Resources
News
ICTD launches new community of practice on informality and tax
Opinion and Analysis
Toward formalisation: Can simplified tax and social security contributions help?
Publication
Why the Informal Sector Is Not a Tax Goldmine
Informality and Tax Community of Practice Library
News
Discussing fairer approaches to taxing the informal sector
The first ATI–ICTD webinar on tax and informality brought together research, workers’ experiences, and The Gambia’s reform plans to discuss…
Opinion and Analysis
Can trading licenses unlock Uganda’s presumptive tax potential?
News
From Afghanistan to Venezuela, new research shows how roadblocks shape governance and everyday life in conflict contexts
Opinion and Analysis
Ethiopia’s presumptive tax system: why daily sales estimation needs rethinking
Opinion and Analysis
Taxing the informal economy: should businesses formalise or should tax systems adapt?
Opinion and Analysis
Roadblock taxation: the dangers of extra-legal payments in Ethiopia
Opinion and Analysis
How faith and culture shape accountability in Nigeria’s informal tax system
In early October, I was in Cape Town for the 10th ATAF Annual Congress, where I presented my paper on…
Opinion and Analysis
Toward formalisation: Can simplified tax and social security contributions help?
News
ICTD, WIEGO extend research partnership on informal sector taxation
Webinar
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Timezone: CET
The second webinar of the ATI-ICTD Tax and Informality series answers the questions: how can tax policies more effectively target higher-income earners within informal sectors? What role can targeting and risk-based registration play? How can the taxation of professionals be
Webinar
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Timezone: UTC+2
As of 2024, 50% of the world’s extreme poor lived in fragility, conflict and violence affected countries, and this figure is only projected to increase in the coming years. Fragile and conflict-affected contexts present some of the most complex challenges
Virtual
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Timezone: East Africa Time
ICTD Senior Research Fellow, Vanessa van den Boogaard, will be speaking at a webinar hosted by the Local Public Sector Alliance Gender Equity and Women’s Empowerment Working Group and Subnational Finance Working Group, in partnership with The Hague Academy for
Virtual
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Timezone: Europe/Gibraltar
How effective are the most common approaches to taxing informal sectors? What does the available evidence tell us about their implications for revenue administration, efficiency, and equity? What are the key issues to consider for reform or for developing new
Virtual
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Timezone: Europe/London
Virtual
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Timezone: Europe/London
In person
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Timezone: Europe/London
Join our Community of Practice
The Community of Practice (CoP) on Informality & Tax will provide forums for engagement, learning, and peer-to-peer exchange and help foster new partnerships, collaborations, and research projects.