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1 month ago | 
theghanareport.com | Max Gallien |Martin Hearson |Mary Abounabhan |Grace Tsotsoo Quaye
The first budget speech of Ghana’s new government on 11 March painted a picture of an economy in crisis, facing high debt and fiscal mismanagement.
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2 months ago | 
ictd.ac | Max Gallien |Martin Hearson |Mary Abounabhan
The first budget speech of Ghana’s new government on 11 March painted a picture of an economy in crisis, facing high debt and fiscal mismanagement. The finance minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, acknowledged that key International Monetary Fund performance targets would be missed and announced drastic spending cuts. However, most Ghanaians just wanted to know whether the minister would announce the scrapping of the country’s electronic transfer levy (or e-tax), as he’d indicated he would.
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2 months ago | 
theconversation.com | Max Gallien |Martin Hearson |Mary Abounabhan
The first budget speech of Ghana’s new government on 11 March painted a picture of an economy in crisis, facing high debt and fiscal mismanagement. The finance minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, acknowledged that key International Monetary Fund performance targets would be missed and announced drastic spending cuts. However, most Ghanaians just wanted to know whether the minister would announce the scrapping of the country’s electronic transfer levy (or e-tax), as he’d indicated he would.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
ictd.ac | Martin Hearson |Frederik Heitmüller
BRIGHTON, UK, January 30 – With formal negotiations on a new UN-led international tax convention kick-starting in New York next month, new research from the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) provides crucial insights into the challenges and opportunities shaping these historic negotiations.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
ictd.ac | Martin Hearson |Giulia Mascagni
More than 100 tax practitioners, researchers and policymakers from across Africa gathered in a conference in Kigali, Rwanda last week to discuss the latest evidence on the potential of, and challenges surrounding the digitalisation of tax administrations.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
ictd.ac | Martin Hearson |Max Gallien |Frederik Heitmüller
The G20 Summit kicked off yesterday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, bringing together leaders from the world’s largest economies to discuss issues of global importance, particularly those surrounding . The Summit is a culmination of negotiations throughout the year where member countries are expected to come to an agreement on ways to deal with identified global challenges.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
ictd.ac | Celeste Scarpini |Martin Hearson
Digital public infrastructure (DPI) holds great potential in strengthening increasingly digitalised tax administration, but important questions persist on how to fully unlock this potential for governments in low-income countries.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
ictd.ac | Martin Hearson
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) will be hosting a seminar on ‘Making global tax governance fit for the 21st century’, which will feature ICTD Research Director Martin Hearson who will present a paper of the same title. The event, which will run from 17:00-18:30 BST, is part of the LSE Taxation Seminar Series, which engages the wider tax community with a dynamic programme featuring academics, practitioners, and apolicymakers discussing current issues in taxation.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
ictd.ac | Frederik Heitmüller |Katharina Kühn |Martin Hearson |Lucinda Cadzow
Perspectives on the progress of global corporate tax reform by Mustapha Ndajiwo, Suranjali Tandon, Carlos Protto, Frederik Heitmüller, Yue Daisy Dai & Mary Baine On June 30th to July 1st, the 139 countries that are members of the Inclusive Framework…
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
ictd.ac | Martin Hearson |Mbakiso Magwape
Following last year’s historic vote supporting the establishment of a new UN Framework Tax Convention, a UN Ad Hoc Group has now been convened and a zero draft terms of reference (TOR) for a future UN Framework Tax Convention has been published. An amended version of the TOR is set to be discussed in the coming months.
