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The aim of this newsletter is to give you an easy-to-read overview of the latest tax updates in Africa. This month’s NL-Africa Tax Desk newsletter includes several updates on the 2022 tax measures in the Netherlands and Zambia, as well as a comprehensive overview of the tax measures in Nigeria’s Finance Bill, 2021. Next to that, we have seen a major development in international tax with the release of the OECD report - and the European Commission’s response - on the Global Anti-Base Erosion model rules under BEPS Pillar 2. 

The aim of this newsletter is to give you an easy-to-read overview of the latest tax updates in Africa. This month's newsletter includes several updates on the 2022 tax measures in Ghana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Next to that, we have seen developments focused on tackling international tax avoidance with Mauritania and Rwanda joining OECD initiatives in this regard and the tax policy debate in the Netherlands moving towards increased international exchange of information on Dutch intermediate holding companies.

In its webinar on January 13, 2022, the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration, in collaboration with the Dutch Association of Tax Advisors, provided further details on the background to the Good Practices Tax Control Framework and elaborated on how to apply these good practices in real-world situations.

With the transition from the current declaration systems to DMS, changes will also be made to customs processes. 

On December 22, 2021 the European Commission published a proposal for a directive aimed at preventing the misuse of shell entities and arrangements for tax purposes.

We have briefly outlined the motions that were approved.

On December 20, 2021 the OECD published the Global Anti-Base Erosion (‘GloBE’) Model Rules, also known as Pillar 2. The GloBE Rules aim to impose a global minimum tax of 15% on multinational enterprises with a revenue in excess of EUR 750 million.

The gross monthly salaries that apply as of January 1, 2022 have been published.

Praktijkvoorbeelden om een globaal beeld te geven van hoe een organisatie kan omgaan met verschillende elementen van het Tax Control Framework (TCF).

We briefly address what is currently known about the intended tax measures.