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💬"I want to take my hat off to ATAF for this conference because it will help us set what an African agenda is. It helps us discuss our unique challenges and the successes we can learn from each other." - Ms Chenai Mukumba, Executive Director, Tax Justice Network Africa said at the ATAF

I do not know any economist who thinks Trump would be a good President, or who thinks he would be good for the economy. And of course, tariffs are not paid by other countries! Fellow laureates agree: cnn.com/2024/10/23/pol…

ATAF is in Washington D.C., 🇺🇸! Mr Emman Eze participated in a side event on Health Taxes on the margins of the World Bank #WBGMeetings, emphasizing the work that ATAF is doing on health taxes, including a great deal of country engagements in Africa. "Health taxes are a win-win;

Congratulations Francois Francois Gerard! Looking forward to working together in your new capacity at TaxDev Institute for Fiscal Studies ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social

Link to 10 minute English summary of The Cursed Spears youtu.be/o3k6v5JFRlw

Mozambique in post-election turmoil: economic policies that could make a difference bit.ly/4hMaNdl 💻 Sam Jones, UN University #BusinessAndEconomy

🌟Excited to share that our paper on how e-invoicing improves VAT compliance via #TaxAudits (w/ Christos Kotsogiannis, John K, Dr. Innocente) is now out in Journal of Development Economics! Open-access➡️doi.org/10.1016/j.jdev… Thread👇[1/n] TARC Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) Barcelona School of Economics IEB

[n/n] E-invoicing promotes compliance. To harness its full potential, however, it needs to be designed and implemented effectively within an ecosystem that records all information through transactions, and it must be paired with adequate enforcement policies. @ELSFinance

ATAF and Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) ont hâte de vous accueillir au pays de mille collines #Rwanda.

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📰NEW PAPER One common misconceptions about informal economies is that they do not pay taxes. In our new World Development article we use a survey of 2500 informal workers in Accra to show that tax burdens can be very real, highly regressive, and skewed: authors.elsevier.com/c/1kC54,6yxDST…

📢📢 Don’t miss this International Centre for Tax and Development event if you’re at PrepCom in New York tomorrow 👇🏼

ICTD Executive Director Giulia Mascagni said: "This conference is an opportunity to learn from one another and lay the foundation for the next decade of progress in digitizing tax administration and government services.” See Taarifa Rwanda's full story👇 #TaxTwitter

This year, we heard from ICTD researchers & partners on the exciting projects they have been working on across our various thematic areas. 📺We round-up some of their key insights here➡️ow.ly/MlxM50Uv99E #TaxTwitter Giulia Mascagni Wilson Prichard Sripriya Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI)

Are you passionate about contemporary taxation issues in Africa? The African Tax Research Network (ATRN), an arm of ATAF, calls for paper submissions for the 10th ATRN Annual Congress! We invite scholars, researchers, and policymakers to submit papers about contemporary taxation

🌍 The 3rd PrepCom session for the #FfD4 Conference is happening this week in New York. ICTD is engaging with key stakeholders, aiming to inform the process with insights & recommendations from our body of research. Read them here: ow.ly/k51A50UWTlC #TaxTwitter #Tax4Dev

Can taxpayer education improve compliance? Evidence from Rwanda shows that training new taxpayers significantly increases filing, reduces zero-tax reporting, and boosts tax due. Effects persist over time, driven by lower compliance costs and better tax knowledge.

1st panel discussions revolved around the topic themed “Enhancing Voluntary Tax Compliance through Service Delivery” UWITONZE Jean Paulin Giulia Mascagni PSF Rwanda ICPAR #3rdRRAResearchDay

On this International Women's Day I am thinking about the millions of Afghan women and girls who continue to have their basic human rights denied. Today it is 1267 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from going to school. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

#Aid crisis means donors will have to boost #tax capacity building. Not fiscal firefighting, but a bold, determined and long-term approach focused on the basics: sound tax policy, efficient administration and public trust. Giulia Mascagni letter in Financial Times ft.com/content/e1d852…