Detailed and systematic, this online database documents the taxation systems of almost every country in Africa, including a detailed chapter on South Africa. The database also includes practical guides on investment.

• Two different levels of information: Country Surveys (summaries of the tax system) and Country Analyses (in-depth descriptions of the tax system).
• More in-depth descriptions (Country Analyses) are available for countries that have the most practical relevance in international taxation.
• Detailed information on legal, administrative and tax measures governing trade and investment in African countries.
• Detailed information on mining activities within the region.
• Compare Key Features: generate a comparison of the country key features. This handy feature allows users to display a comparison of the source country with selected countries covered in the database.
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• Export this report to Excel to enable further processing, either for client requests or simply for internal records.
• Texts of all available tax treaties concluded by countries in the region reproduced in English.
• Direct links to withholding tax rates tables, within IBFD's Tax Treaties Database for fast access to relevant information.
• Direct links to Tax News Service highlighting recent developments relevant to a chapter, alerting our users on coming changes while the chapter is being updated.
• Compiled and maintained with the help of local correspondents.
• Frequent updates.
• E-mail notification as soon as new changes are available.

• Forms of doing business
• International trade and foreign exchange
• Taxation of company income
• Individual income tax
• Tax treatment of dividends, interest, royalties and fees
• Taxation of capital gains
• Provisions applicable to mining activities
• Taxation of capital
• Turnover, value added and sales taxes on goods, services and transactions
• Registration and stamp duties
• Investment incentives and rules
• Relief from double taxation
• Social security
• Legal references

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoro Islands, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.