Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Wealthy Africans often don’t pay tax: the answer lies in smarter collection - expert

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par Giovanni Occhiali, Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, Institute of Development Studies

Faced with some of the worse debt levels in over a decade, African countries are struggling to find ways to balance their books. Increasing revenue sources from their citizens is an obvious place to look.

A good starting point for African countries would be to focus on the tax contribution of wealthy citizens. This is because the most under performing taxes across the African continent are those bearing on the income of wealthy individuals, namely…

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