02/10/2015
Ninety nine Tanzanians own 114 million US dollars stashed away in 286 bank accounts in just one bank in Switzerland, a cache of leaked documents from the Swiss arm of the HSBC bank shows.
02/10/2015
Leaked files have provided details on South Africans holding Swiss bank accounts, including the notorious Fana Hlongwane. Find out how much has he been stashing….
02/09/2015
Era of bank secrecy still far from over for developing countries: Christian Aid
G20 Finance Ministers meeting in Istanbul this weekend still have much to do if the claim ‘the era of bank secrecy is over’ is to mean anything in developing counties.
01/26/2015
The explanation by the TRA boss was preceded by a question by Special Seats MP Esther Matiko
01/19/2015
Around the world, large, listed companies are troubled by cyber-security risks and company taxes, yet these concerns remain fairly low on the priority list of boards of directors.
01/14/2015
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has pushed for the auditing of all tax exemptions to determine their merit following concerns that some of them are worthless
12/31/2014
There was no specific reference in the act to electronic transactions.
12/30/2014
Nigeria is a country that is so rich and yet there is serious poverty
12/29/2014
South African investors have used Mauritius as a vehicle for investing in other countries with which Mauritius has beneficial double taxation treaties.
12/25/2014
Mr. Adogla Bessah, Assistant Commissioner at the Takoradi Medium Tax Office of the Ghana Revenue Authority, has urged the media to partner with the Authority to educate the public on the need to pay their taxes to the State.
12/15/2014
The Philippines and 14 other developing countries have started to beef up efforts aimed at plugging tax leaks across borders under the auspices of a project spearheaded by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
12/14/2014
You will not be taxed in South Africa on a pension that you accumulated while you worked outside the country, although this exemption is subject to several qualifications.
12/10/2014
This was one of the highlights of the Nigeria Investment meeting at the ongoing ITU World 2014 in Doha, Qatar.
12/02/2014
In the African tax sphere, the trend remains for headline tax rates to continue to remain stable or decrease.
11/25/2014
Double taxation for companies and individual investors at the securities market could be scrapped in 2016, if a plan by the Capital Markets Authority is adopted.
11/23/2014
he study investigates and compares tax regimes across 189 economies worldwide using a case study company, and ranks them according to the ease of paying taxes.
11/21/2014
By closing the tax gap, South Africa can reap billions of rands to benefit the economy.
11/19/2014
KENYA: Tax Treaty with South Africa ratified
11/05/2014
High Court decision on sale of shares – capital vs revenue
11/05/2014
This year’s bulletin offers much more detail than before on who pays personal income tax, how much they pay and where, providing numbers that help to analyse hot topics such as inequality and social mobility.