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Table 2 Total contribution to public finances 2018 in six African countries

From: How can corporate taxes contribute to sub-Saharan Africa’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? A case study of Vodafone

 

Revenue (a)

Profit before taxes (b)

Direct revenue contributions: taxation mechanisms (c)

Direct revenue contribution: non-taxation mechanisms (d)

Indirect revenue contribution: Indirect taxes (e)

Capital investment (f)

Direct employment (g)

Total contribution (h)

Government revenue excluding grants including social contributions 2018 $M USD 2015 (i)

Vodafone’s contribution as a percentage of Government revenue (j)

Total

Split between

 

Direct taxes

Corporate tax

 
 

FY17–18 €m

FY17–18 €m

FY17–18 €m

€m

€m

FY17–18 €m

FY17–18 €m

FY17–18 €m

FY17–18 €m

Euro €m

USD $M 2018

USD $M 2015

  

DRC

359

(65)

18

17

2

27

77

45

599

122

143

135.70

3742071992

3.6

Ghana

253

(168)

19

7

12

9

55

33

1,052

83

97.11

91.97

9132934260

1.0

Kenya

781

370

308

102

206

19

99

121

1,761

426

498

472.02

13130469537

3.6

Lesotho

72

31

8

 < 1

8

4

8

10

206

20

23.40

22.16

909597717.7

2.4

Mozambique

231

68

15

3

12

6

26

58

512

47

54.99

52.08

4136194745

1.3

Tanzania

370

40

26

9

17

9

122

61

530

157

184

173.96

7930527182

2.2

  1. aTotal revenue
  2. bTotal taxable revenue in each country minus allowable expenses
  3. cThis includes corporation tax, business rates or equivalent, employers’ national insurance contributions or equivalent, sector-specific taxes (such as ‘special’ taxes or ‘telecoms’ taxes) and other taxes
  4. dOther forms of revenue raised by the government and a country’s direct taxation regime, including telecoms licence fees
  5. eTaxes collected on governments’ behalf, including pay as you earn (PAYE) income tax, employees’ national insurance contributions, withholding taxes, sales and consumption taxes and value-added tax (VAT)
  6. fInvestments in building and maintaining the networks and services relied upon by the 700 million mobile and 21 million broadband customers
  7. gThe average number of people employed in the 2018 financial year. This includes direct employees and the relevant share of employees who work for our joint ventures, associates, or other part-owned companies
  8. hTotal contributions to governments (total of column c, d and e)
  9. iTotal government revenue
  10. jPercentage contribution to government revenue (h)/(i)