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Subject(s)

• Economic development [Browse]
• Development economics [Browse]

Author

• Santoro, Fabrizio [Browse]

Series

Policy research working papers. [More in this series]

Summary note

Many African countries struggle to collect an adequate amount of tax revenue to support needed investments in public services. This paper examines how African countries may take advantage of recent advances in technology to improve tax administration. It provides an overview of the potential and challenges of different tax categories in Africa: consumption taxes, real estate taxes, trade taxes, and income taxes. It then describes the ways in which technology solutions may be deployed to address these challenges by helping to identify the tax base, monitor compliance, and facilitate compliance. Lastly, it provides insights from interviews with senior tax administrators across the continent on their practical experiences in adopting technology for taxation.

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Other title(s)

Increasing Tax Collection in African Countries

Other standard number

• 10.1596/1813-9450-10182

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