https://www.bizcommunity.com/412/512.html West Africa Taxation news 15 Taxation & Regulation news - West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/412/512.html en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:29:22 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/nigeria-to-implement-new-tax-laws-from-january-1-despite-calls-for-delay-tinubu-says-172626a Nigeria will enforce sweeping new tax laws from 1 January, President Bola Tinubu said on Tuesday, dismissing criticism over discrepancies between the gazetted text and the version passed by lawmakers. 1-264528 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 07:58:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/nigeria-postpones-controversial-fuel-tax-to-2026-to-to-mitigate-cost-living-crisis-954694a Nigeria's new tax law, including a contentious 5% fuel surcharge, will not take effect until 1 January 2026, Finance Minister Wale Edun said on Tuesday, seeking to calm fears over rising living costs amid widespread economic hardship. 1-261314 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:39:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/detained-binance-executive-in-court-on-nigerian-tax-money-laundering-charges-908664a One of the two executives from Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, detained in Nigeria appeared in an Abuja court on Thursday, 4 April, to face tax evasion and money laundering charges. 1-247354 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:41:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/article/multichoice-will-pay-settlement-of-373m-to-nigerian-tax-authorities-901164a Africa's biggest pay TV company MultiChoice Group said on Thursday its subsidiaries have reached a settlement with Nigerian tax authorities and agreed to pay a total tax amount of about $37.3m. 1-245854 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 10:30:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/549/236301.html International financial crime watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday said it was adding South Africa and Nigeria to its so-called "grey list" of countries under special scrutiny to implement standards to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing. 1-236301 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:41:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/793/236039.html The MTN Group will invest $1bn in Ghana over the next five years, the mobile operator said on Wednesday, 15 February, after the government exempted its Ghanaian unit from tax claims worth about $773m. 1-236039 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 09:13:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/710/230733.html President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a $430bn bill that is seen as the biggest climate package in US history, designed to cut domestic greenhouse-gas emissions as well as lower prescription-drug prices and high inflation. 1-230733 Fri, 19 Aug 2022 11:29:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/710/220739.html The pandemic-fuelled growth of the digital economy and unabated demand for online retail products across Africa have led to extensive disruption in the Consumer Goods and Retail Sector (CG&R) sector. Due to a growth in demand for online retail, CG&R companies in Africa have been rapidly adapting their digital operating models, and multinational e-commerce platforms operating in the region have attracted a record number of new customers. This digital transition, and resultant growth in the e-commerce sector, has tax implications for digital CG&R businesses operating in Africa. 1-220739 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:21:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.ke/Article/111/717/216051.html The regulatory net is closing on Kenya's fintech industry. 1-216051 Thu, 20 May 2021 15:14:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/547/205687.html The Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was brokered by the African Union (AU) and adopted by 44 of its 55 member states on 21 March 2018. By February 2019, all AU countries, save for Eritrea, had become signatories to the AfCFTA, which came into force on 30 May 2019. 1-205687 Tue, 30 Jun 2020 16:09:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Taxation & Regulation West Africa