Tax compliance is central to the government’s agenda in 2019. The minister of finance indicated in the 2019 budget that the government would focus its revenue mobilisation efforts on reforming revenue institutions, intensifying compliance measures and broadening the tax net. However, we must work towards ensuring that compliance is less...
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The economy registered positive growth in 2018, albeit at a slower rate than in the year prior. Real GDP expanded 5.4% year-on-year (y-o-y) in the first half of 2018 compared to 7.8% in the same period of 2017, according to the budget statement presented to Parliament in November 2018. Momentum picked up between July and September, when GDP...
Global trade faces protectionist headwinds that are dampening the outlook for growth in the coming years. According to the World Trade Organisation, trade volume grew by 4.7% in 2017 and is expected to have moderated slightly to 4.4% in 2018 and dip to 4% in 2019. Although growth will fall below the 4.8% average seen since 1990, it is still...
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