In a recent interview, Babatunde Fowler, the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), disclosed that his agency is considering imposing a new tax specifically for e-commerce.
Nigerian telcos have said no to the new Electronic Communications Services Tax
A couple of weeks ago, I was in a meeting with a potential client (let’s call her- Ms Gifted). Ms Gifted is a pretty talented developer, and she had recently started off in the world of freelancing.
The Ugandan Parliament has raised a proposal to charge every mobile phone user in the country an annual tax fee of Shs 5,000 for each mobile phone. The legislators say that this move will help raise more revenue. The idea came up, of all times, for discussion while the committee was debating the request to review […]