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Updated tax data for 2019 are now available for Benin, Guinea and Kenya.
In Benin, the conditions for interest deductibility have been tightened by the Finance Act, 2019 (Act No. 2018-39 of 28 December 2018). In Guinea, the minimum turnover tax rate, which had been reduced to 1.5% in 2018, was restored to 3% (Act No. 2018-069 of 26 December 2018). In Kenya, mining taxation has not changed (Act No. 10 of 2018).
In Benin, the Finance Act, 2019, tightened the conditions for interest deductibility (Act No. 2018-39 of 28 December 2018). To be deductible from the corporate income tax base, interest paid to business partners now have to meet four conditions: (1) not exceed the amount of share capital, (2) not exceed 30% of income before tax, interest, depreciation and provisions, (3) not exceed the average BCEAO rate plus three points, and (4) be paid within five years.
In Guinea, the minimum turnover tax corresponds to 3% of company turnover. Compared to other French-speaking African countries, this rate is high, but the amount of the Guinean minimum tax is capped. The Finance Act, 2018, attempted to halve this rate and remove the maximum amount (Act No. 2017-059 of 12 December 2017). However, the Finance Act, 2019, cancelled this measure (Act No. 2018-069 of 26 December 2018). The rate of 3% is reinstated, as well as the minimum and maximum amounts. For medium-sized companies, the minimum tax cannot be less than 15 million Guinean francs, nor more than 45 million. For large companies, these amounts are increasing: the minimum tax cannot be less than 75 million Guinean francs, nor more than 100 million.
Updated tax data for 2019 are now available for Cote d'Ivoire, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
In Cote d'Ivoire, the five-year tax holiday from which mining companies benefited in terms of corporate income tax and minimum tax has been repealed (Ordinance No. 2018-144 of 14 February 2018). In South Africa, mining taxation has not changed. In Zimbabwe, the mining royalty rate now varies according to the price of gold (Act No. 7 of 2019).