Middle East/Africa – VAT rate changes/news – May/June 2023

BOTSWANA

• Amends VAT Zero-Rating and Exemptions
• Botswana Guidelines on VAT Zero-Rating and Exemption Amendments
• Transfer duty and VAT amendments
• VAT amendment act introduces new zero-rated and exempt supplies
• VAT amendments: zero rate and exemption

GHANA

• Scrap Taxes On Sanitary Pads to Make Them Affordable
• VAT rates and the latest change in the standard VAT rate in Ghana in 2023

ISRAEL

• Yair Lapid Offers 2% VAT Cut Instead of Billions in Israeli Coalition Funds

KENYA

• All Kenyans Pay VAT so it’s Fairer
• Atwoli calls on state to reconsider proposed increase of VAT
• Block doubling of the petroleum VAT
• Cooking Gas Marked for VAT, Rail Tax Exemptions
• Court Suspends Finance Bill Implementation that increases VAT on petroleum products
• Deloitte warns proposed tax bill will hurt the economy
• EPRA to announce new fuel prices as 16 per cent VAT takes effect
• Finance Bill 2023: Government Proposes to Increase VAT on Liquefied Petroleum Products from 8% to 16%
• Finance Bill 2023: Kenyans Staring at Higher Pump Prices as MPs Endorse 16% VAT Hike
• Fuel VAT still a thorn in the flesh of Kenyans
• Gov’t to remove VAT on helicopters, aircraft spare parts
• High VAT on Fuel will Hurt the Poor More
• Kenya controversial tax law back to parliament
• Kenya President Signs 2023 Finance Bill, increasing the turnover tax rate to 3 percent from 1 percent
• Kenya proposes tax changes under the Finance Bill, 2023
• Kenyans Oppose William Ruto’s Proposal to Double VAT on Petroleum Products: “Semeni Dynasty Mbaya”
• President Ruto: We have decided to increase VAT by 8% because having differential rates poses an integrity problem
• Raise VAT to equal Uganda, Tanzania
• Routo defends 16 per cent vat on fuel
• Several goods or services have been reclassified from zero rated to exempt in the proposed finance bill 2023/24
• Treasury Scraps Special VAT, Company Tax Rates in Revenue Push

LEBANON

• Experts Sceptical about Lebanon’s Attempt to Adjust VAT and Customs Amid Currency Collapse

MAURITIUS

• 2023-2024 Budget: Removing VAT on 15 key items of everyday consumption
• Implementation of Measures announced in Budget Speech 2023-24: Additional items zero rated per 5 June 2023

MOZAMBIQUE

• Mozambique Extends Deadline for Use of Printed Invoice Books and Equivalent Documents That Contain Old VAT Rate

NAMIBIA

• Bank of Namibia wants zero VAT rating on wheat

OMAN

• 0% VAT on Electric Vehicles and Spare Parts in Oman
• Forum Discusses VAT Impact on Oman’s real estate sector
• No VAT, customs or registration fee on electric vehicles
• OTA: Applied VAT on the Supply of Electric Vehicles and their Spare Parts by Zero Rate

RWANDA

• Making VAT Exemption for Period Products a Reality – a Call to Government

SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE

• São Tomé and Príncipe implements 15% VAT June 2023

SOUTH AFRICA

• VAT Battlefield is Changing
• Proposed amendments to VAT Act are under review

TANZANIA

• Removing VAT in lottery will Cause Loss of Govt Revenue, Says MP Silaa
• Tanzania Budget Speech for 2023/24 Delivered Including Several VAT Changes

UGANDA

• MPs approve tax on diapers

ZIMBABWE

• Government Extends VAT Zero Rating of Ethanol Through 2025

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