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Revenue Statistics in Africa 2023

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This annual publication compiles comparable tax revenue and non-tax revenue statistics for 33 countries in Africa: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia and Uganda. The report extends the well-established methodology on the classification of public revenues set out in the OECD Interpretative Guide to African countries, thereby enabling comparison of tax levels and tax structures not only across the continent but also with the OECD, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia and the Pacific. Data on African countries presented in this publication are also included in the OECD’s Global Revenue Statistics database, which is a fundamental reference for analysis of domestic resource mobilisation. This edition includes a special feature on the VAT Digital Toolkit for Africa. The publication is jointly undertaken by the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, the OECD Development Centre, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF), with the financial support of the European Union.

SPECIAL FEATURE: VAT DIGITAL TOOLKIT FOR AFRICA

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VAT Digital Toolkit for Africa

This chapter is based on the VAT Digital Toolkit for Africa (hereafter, ‘the Toolkit’), which was jointly produced by the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF), the OECD and the World Bank group (OECD/WBG/ATAF, 2023[1]). The Toolkit provides detailed guidance to assist African tax authorities in the design and implementation of robust policies for the application of value added taxes (VAT) to digital trade. It covers the core components of a comprehensive VAT strategy directed at the main types of digital trade and e‑commerce, particularly online sales of services, intangibles, and goods to private consumers by foreign businesses and digital platforms that often have no physical presence in their consumers’ respective jurisdictions. It provides policy advice to support tax authorities’ decision‑making as well as detailed practical guidance and manuals for the legislative design, the administrative implementation, and the enforcement of VAT digital policies in light of jurisdictions’ specific needs and circumstances.

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