A bank report said electronic cash registers helped raise Ethiopia’s tax take

In June 2019 Global Government Forum summarized a bank study finding that Ethiopian retailers’ adoption of electronic cash registers had driven up recorded sales and tax revenue for the government.

Cash-register reform was part of a wider push to widen the tax base without only raising rates, which made the finding useful for readers who track Ethiopia’s fiscal capacity and digital administration.

Kept as business and tech archive, the report dates evidence that basic retail tech could lift Ethiopia’s tax collection in the late 2010s.

Sources: Global Government Forum