Kenya and Pakistan also were featured in the story, but I didn’t focus on those countries because I had previously written about (see here and here) how they got in trouble because of a growing burden of government. For today’s column, though, I’m going to revisit fiscal policy in ...
On 1 September 2023, the government of Kenya issued, through a public notice, clarifying guidelines on the implementation of the tax amnesty on penalties and interest on unpaid taxes for the period ending 31 December 2022. The tax amnesty was introduced by the Finance Act 2023 and is effective...
Last year, Kenya also proposed a Finance Bill 2023 that demands taxing digital content creators. Unsurprisingly, the proposed 15% withholding tax, significantly higher than the 5% rate for professional services, sparked significant debate. However, unlike some of these other countries, Ghana offers ...
The concept first appeared in 1972 in a publication describing the employment situation in Kenya (Guerguil, 1988; ILO, 1972),Footnote 4 and since then, there have been many other published definitions (see Perry et al., 2007). In general, all definitions can be summarized in two main ...