One of the controversial proposals is aimed at subjecting income earned through digital content monetization to a 15 percent withholding tax. Eric Omondi, a renown comedian is leading content creators in opposing the proposal. Do not tax content creators because you did not create them, you did not support them. The content creators decry that the proposed tax is too high for a growing digital economy given that they get minimal government support in content creation. "One of the irony in this digital service tax is holding of 15% on it and remember this is just a withholding tax.

Source: Ethiopian News June 07, 2023 19:13 UTC