The Ministry of Revenue of Ethiopia said it has collected 17.5 billion birr (around $612 million) tax last month. At the end of the year, Ethiopia targets to collect 213 billion birr (around $7.5 billion). Last month’s (April 2019) tax income of Ethiopia has increased the total amount of tax the country has collected over the last ten months to $5.6 billion. It is recalled that the Ministry has collected a total of 144 billion birr ($5 billion) in the first nine months of Ethiopia’s current years started July 8, 2018. During the remaining two months the Ministry has said it will work hard to meet its target for the year working overtime, according to the statement of the Ministry of Revenue of Ethiopia.

Source: News Business Ethiopia May 12, 2019 18:29 UTC