- Ethiopian Ministry of Finance issued Directive No. 1104/2025 on VAT registration
- VAT registration required for Category A taxpayers with annual income of at least 2 million birrs
- Taxpayers maintaining books of account or doing so voluntarily must register
- Taxpayers with turnover from taxable and exempt transactions over 2 million birrs must register
- Registration must occur within 30 days of the directive’s effective date
- VAT collection on taxable goods and services starts from registration date
- Directive effective immediately
Source: news.bloombergtax.com
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