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← Taxation Fundamentals for Ethiopian Businesses: Strategic Tax Management

Corporate Tax Planning

Module 01 / 6 · 65 min · Free preview

Reduce tax legally through timing, financing, location and incentives, with the minimum alternative tax and the 2026 incentive regime built into every plan.

In this module you will learn to

  • Explain the difference between tax planning, aggressive avoidance and evasion, and the three tests that keep a plan legal
  • Compute the 2.5% minimum alternative tax and show how it limits deductions and incentives
  • Describe the investment incentive regime under Regulation No. 586/2026 and the transition from Regulation No. 517/2022
  • Identify sector-specific incentives and rules and model an incentive application with a realistic performance agreement

Built on

  • Erudite Africa training curriculum: Taxation Fundamentals for Ethiopian Businesses, Level 3 Advanced, Strategic Tax Management (October 2026)
  • Income Tax Proclamation No. 979/2016 as amended by No. 1395/2025; Federal Income Tax Regulation No. 410/2017 as amended (2021); Transfer Pricing Directive No. 981/2024
  • Council of Ministers Investment Incentive Regulation No. 586/2026; Investment Proclamation No. 1180/2020; Special Economic Zone Proclamation No. 1322/2024; Directive No. 1064/2025
  • Federal Tax Administration Proclamation No. 983/2016 as amended by No. 1434/2026; Penalty Waiver Directive No. 189/2025; VAT Proclamation No. 1341/2024; Electronic Invoicing System Administration Directive No. 1142/2026
  • Capital Goods Leasing Business Proclamation No. 103/1998 as amended by No. 807/2013; Stamp Duty Proclamation No. 110/1998 as amended
  • Practitioner summaries of the 2025 and 2026 changes (PwC, KPMG, EY, Grant Thornton Ethiopia, 5A Law Firm, Ethio Alliance) where the gazetted text could not be read, as noted in the lessons

Examples and companies are fictional. Tax rates and rules are shown as they stood when the course was written; always check the current proclamations, directives and guidance from the Ministry of Revenues before filing, and take professional advice for your own case.