{"id":277951,"date":"2019-06-03T16:38:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T20:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMib2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lmdsb2JhbGdvdmVybm1lbnRmb3J1bS5jb20vZWxlY3Ryb25pYy1jYXNoLXJlZ2lzdGVycy1ib29zdC1ldGhpb3BpYXMtdGF4LXJldmVudWVzLWZpbmRzLWJhbmstcmVwb3J0L9IBAA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-26T11:14:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T15:14:59","slug":"a-bank-report-said-electronic-cash-registers-helped-raise-ethiopias-tax-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/277951","title":{"rendered":"A bank report said electronic cash registers helped raise Ethiopia\u2019s tax take"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In June 2019 Global Government Forum summarized a bank study finding that Ethiopian retailers\u2019 adoption of electronic cash registers had driven up recorded sales and tax revenue for the government.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-468257\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ethiopias-Banking-Sector-Faces-Challenges-in-Welcoming-Foreign-Investment.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A bank report said electronic cash registers helped raise Ethiopia\u2019s tax take\" \/>\n<p>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\u2019s fiscal capacity and digital administration.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as business and tech archive, the report dates evidence that basic retail tech could lift Ethiopia\u2019s tax collection in the late 2010s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalgovernmentforum.com\/electronic-cash-registers-boost-ethiopias-tax-revenues-finds-bank-report\/\">Global Government Forum<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic cash registers boost Ethiopia&#8217;s tax revenues, finds bank report&nbsp;&nbsp;Global Government ForumOld meets new: Ethiopian retailers&#8217; adoption of electronic cash registers has driven up tax take (Image courtesy: A Davey\/flickr). The Ethiopia&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":468257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ethiopias-Banking-Sector-Faces-Challenges-in-Welcoming-Foreign-Investment.jpg?fit=1280%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1aj5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277951"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755031,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277951\/revisions\/755031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}