This semester, the Tax Authority (AT) will begin, in a pilot phase, to tax commercial transactions carried out through digital channels, in order to improve the control of income generated in Mozambique.

According to Amorim Ambasse, coordinator of AT's Digital Economy Taxation Unit (UTED), the idea also aims to create mechanisms to raise more revenue for the state coffers.

The plan to tax the economy will intermediate the collection of taxes through mobile wallets, such as those of telephone operators in the country, reports News. This measure should be implemented next year.

Ambasse said that this is a new paradigm for Mozambique and several other countries in Africa and Europe. And, in the AT's view, this taxation, for consumption and income, will not double collections, given that digital commerce often involves several countries.

At the moment, the human capital trained to implement the project is 41 people, including UTED managers, system analysts, auditors and accountants.

However, the legal framework still needs to be updated to accommodate taxes on digital services, among other things.