08/30/2019
The paper focuses on the nine African jurisdictions covered in the Corporate Tax Haven Index of 2019: Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritius, Tanzania, the Seychelles and South Africa.
08/30/2019
The continuing growth in our membership has greatly strengthened international efforts to improve tax transparency for the benefit of all.
08/30/2019
The ATax professionals are a premier team in Mauritius and there are many opportunities with this collaboration.
08/27/2019
The rise in the tax rate came as no surprise since Kenya has maintained a low rate compared to the rest of the region. Uganda and Rwanda, for example, apply Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rates of 30 percent.
08/27/2019
It is alleged the top officials aided up to 600 individuals and companies to either avoid paying taxes running into billions of shillings or pay less than is due.
08/23/2019
The tax agency should be cracking down on financial crimes more robustly.
08/23/2019
The tax will primarily apply to South Africans who earn more than R1 million per year.
08/20/2019
So-called aggressive tax planning means that you look at all legal options available to the taxpayer to reduce their taxable liability, explains Jonty Leon of Tax Consulting SA.
08/15/2019
Should you be regarded as a SA tax resident, and are taxed in another country on the same income on which you are taxed in SA
08/09/2019
GMC had complied with the order by sending the entire workforce home
08/05/2019
"Many mentioned that discussions regarding land expropriation without compensation has led them to feel that their investments in South Africa are no longer secure."
07/30/2019
Although the purchase was done from his base in Lagos, Peters dodged the value-added tax (VAT) on the laptop purchase, making the government to lose tax revenue.
07/30/2019
Vehicles with engine capacities of 3.0 – 3.5 liters were to pay an annual tax of GH¢1,000.00; those with engine capacities of 3.6 – 4.0 liters will pay GH¢1,500.00 annually, and 4.1 liters and above are to pay a yearly tax of GH&
07/29/2019
The firm, which invests in African start-ups, began setting up subsidiaries in Mauritius, “an offshore jurisdiction with a wide network of double taxation treaties in interesting markets.”
07/29/2019
The Ministry has given recognition to 160 loyal tax payers, including the ruling party trading company, Trans Ethiopia, which paid a total of 417 million birr (around $14.4 million) from its operations in Mekele, Tigray.
07/26/2019
As African countries struggle to meet revenue targets, many local and international investors choose to domicile their investments in Mauritius due to its low tax regime and tax treaties.
07/26/2019
If a South African tax resident does not meet the requirements of the exemption, the resident will remain taxable in South Africa on any remuneration earned outside the country.
07/24/2019
The changes to the foreign employment income tax exemption was proposed in the Budget Review of 2019 for the upcoming legislative cycle and will therefore only be actioned in 2020.
07/24/2019
The modus operandi — which may arguably be by the book — thrived on Mauritius' opaque financial laws devised to facilitate the State turning into a haven for offshore firms, the large amount of one-sided "tax treaties" the count
07/22/2019
The high remittance can however be attributed to the rush by the diaspora to repatriate funds home before June 30