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how taxes affect economy on the long run

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Taxation  is play a very important role in the management of every economy and must be designed in a way that everyone contributed to the national development To ensure the  economy productive and sustainable, is to expand trade and to create jobs to all citizens. Consultation with  various stakeholders  need proper reviews to ensure tha the new regime when implemented would reflect the country economic management priority. Economic activity reflects a balance between what people, businesses, and governments want to buy and what they want to sell. In the short run, demand factors loom large. In the long run, though, supply plays the primary role in determining economic potential. Our productive capacity depends on the size and skills of the workforce; the amount and quality of machines, buildings, vehicles, computers, and other physical capital that workers use; and the stock of knowledge and ideas. Incentives By influencing incentives, taxes can affect eac

Revenue mobilisation in Africa continues to improve

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The mobilisation of domestic resources is improving steadily in African countries, according to new data from Revenue Statistics in Africa 2017 released Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This was disclosed at a meeting of tax and finance officials from 21 African countries hosted by the Department of Economic Affairs of the African Union Commission (AUC). The average tax-to-GDP ratio for the 16 countries covered in this second edition of the report was 19.1 percent in 2015, an increase of 0.4 percentage points compared to 2014.  The release copied to the Ghana News Agency, each country has experienced an increase in its tax-to-GDP ratio compared to 2000, with an average rise of 5 percentage points. It said revenue Statistics in Africa 2017 includes revenue data for twice as many countries as the first edition, providing comparable data on tax and non-tax revenues. The 16 participating countries were: Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya,