News, Blogs and Events - Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s revised income tax explained

In July 2025, the federal and regional governments implemented the income tax amendment (Proclamation No. 1395 /2025) upon its approval by the House of People's Representatives....

Understanding Ethiopia’s low and falling tax-to-GDP ratio: key findings and lessons for other countries

The tax-to-GDP ratio of Ethiopia is low and has been persistently falling for more than a decade. This contrasts with the usual trend of a rising tax-to-GDP ratio as countries grow richer....

Ethiopia publishes its first National Medium-Term Revenue Strategy

In October 2024, the Government of Ethiopia published its first National Medium-Term Revenue Strategy (NMTRS), setting out a roadmap for reform of key elements of tax policy and administration for ...

Ethiopia publishes its second tax expenditure report for FY 2018/19 to FY 2020/21

The Ethiopian Ministry of Finance (MoF) has published its second tax expenditure report covering customs duty and import taxes for the fiscal year 2018/19 to 2020/21....

What is the case for carbon taxes in developing countries?

Carbon pricing will be one of the most talked about policy options at COP26....