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In 1976, agricultural and rural land taxes were replaced by a land-use fee and a new agriculture tax. [1] Ethiopia underwent major tax reform in the 1990s. As a result, the tax system was overhauled alongside much of the public finance system. [2] The Ethiopian reforms were considered some of the most successful on the continent.
The ministry was established under Proclamation No.916/2008 on 7 July 2008 with reorganization from the former Ministry of Capacity Building. [1] Its envisaged to observe public service and complete its mission ethically by 2020, as well as contributing economic development and social welfare by promoting modern Tax and Customs Administration.
The Derg promoted "Ethiopian socialism", embodying slogans such as "self-reliance", the dignity of labor, and "the supremacy of the common good". [4] On 4 March 1975, the Derg as a council proclaimed sweeping land reforms and drafted Land Reform Proclamation, aiming to eliminate complex land tenure system.
Issued in 1983, the Derg's Proclamation No. 235 (the Joint Venture Proclamation) signaled Ethiopia's renewed interest in attracting foreign capital. The proclamation offered incentives such as a five-year period of income tax relief for new projects, import and export duty relief, tariff protection, and repatriation of profits and capital.
The Ethiopian Empire fell to Italy at the end of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War in 1936. During the Italian occupation, various revenue stamps inscribed Africa Italiana , Africa Orientale Italiana ( Italian East Africa ) or Colonie Italiane were used in Ethiopia, as well as in Italian Eritrea and Italian Somaliland .
The licensing policy brought out in June 1993 is titled "Mining and Mining Income Tax Proclamation". [7] Some of the licenses issued cover mining of gold and base metals and also manufacture of cement, potash, diatomite and also covering industrial and construction materials. [6]
Since the new constitution of Ethiopia enacted in 1995, Ethiopia's legal system consisted of federal law with bicameral legislature. [1] The House of People's Representatives (HoPR) is the lower chamber of bicameral legislature of Federal Parliamentary Assembly with 547 seats and the House of Federation with 108 seats, the former vested on executive power of Prime Minister and the Council of ...
Human rights organizations including the Ethiopian Human Rights Council were denied formal registration from the government but continued to process complaints and report abuses; the government accused EHRCO of being a politically-motivated group with a hidden agenda that favored opposition groups and reported false information. [36]