01/22/2014
PricewaterhouseCoopers, a multinational professional service firm, has opened its doors in Rwanda’s capital Kigali, with an academy that will bridge the existing gap in the accounting profession in the country.
01/22/2014
European countries feature high on the list of the nations with the world’s highest income tax rates
01/17/2014
The Taxation Laws Amendment Act will limit the risk of double taxation for hedge funds, but industry experts are concerned there is a risk that trading profits could still be taxed within funds.
01/17/2014
The expected wave of intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) implementing the tax reporting and withholding procedures commonly associated with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) has begun.
12/24/2013
Booz & Company's global partners have voted overwhelmingly to approve a combination with PwC.
12/23/2013
Miners who unearth gems in Sierra Leone are motivated to smuggle the stones out of the country in order to avoid having to pay a 15% tax on diamonds valued at over half a million dollars.
12/15/2013
The report further shows that between 1980 and 2009, Sub-Saharan Africa lost about $108 billion (Sh9.2 trillion) more in resources than North Africa did over the same period.
12/12/2013
Customers who went to transact businesses yesterday were left unattended to following the closure of banks by their respective managements in solidarity with others
12/11/2013
Fund Services first to market in SA
The fund services team run a SunGard application called Asset Arena Taxation specifically to support asset manager clients’ requirements for recording and reporting income tax and capital gains tax.
12/11/2013
South Africa has a number of attributes that make it attractive as a place from which to manage international investment portfolios
12/10/2013
Finance and Economic Planning Minister Seth Terkper presented the government's 2014 Budget and Financial Statement to Parliament on 19 November 2013.
12/03/2013
This is the first time that the revenue aspect of decentralisation has taken centre stage at a global level to allow countries to debate key questions about who should tax what and share good practices and experiences.
11/26/2013
Tax Avoidance Cost Africa Trillions Of Dollars
Two recent reports throw new light on tax avoidance in Africa, a practice estimated to have cost the continent more than a trillion dollars over the past few decades.
11/20/2013
ActionAid Slams Barclays for Corporation Tax Avoidance Promotion in Africa
ActionAid has slammed Barclays for claiming to be a "force of good" despite promoting the use of offshore tax havens to big companies operating in Africa
11/17/2013
The international community has taken new steps to strengthen transparency and boost the comprehensive exchange of information between governments worldwide.
11/10/2013
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says the South African Revenue Service has already noted a number of cases of wealthy individuals who are not paying their fair share of tax.
11/07/2013
The International Monetary Fund issued a statement on November 05, 2013 denying that it favors a wealth tax
11/03/2013
Deloitte has come under fire for issuing double tax treaty advice to large companies operating in some of Africa’s poorest countries
10/28/2013
Presidential staffer, Dr Clement Apaak, has hinted of possible prosecution of companies and institutions cited in recent tax evasion.
10/23/2013
The Kenyan government plans to create a new website enabling whistleblowers to report tax evasion, smuggling and corrupt tax officials anonymously and will reward them with a share of any revenue it recovers as a result