Apply In-Person:

1. Application form for obtaining a Tax Credit Certificate is available in the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority contact link
2. Applicant has to fill-in all the necessary details in the application form.
3. Applicant must make sure to carry documents that are listed under “Required Documents” section of this page (Both photocopies and originals).
4. Applicant has to attach photocopies of documents (whichever is necessary) along with the application form.
5. This process can be done free of charge.
6. If all the procedures mentioned above are followed properly, applicant can get their certificate within a day.
   

• A certified legible copy of the taxpayers Identity document or Passport document.
• Proof of identity document/passport
• Affidavit to justify the absence of the identity/passport together with the temporary identity document/passport.
• Proof bank statement with the bank stamp that confirms the account holder's name, account number, account type, and branch code;
• Proof of residential address, e.g. municipal account/utility bill of an individual not more than three months old reflecting the name and residential address.
  

Location: Addis Ababa
Address: Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Contact link

A withholding tax agent is required to generate and issue a Tax Credit certificate to the Payee.

The process is free of charge.

The certificate is valid for 1 year.

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The process can be done within a day.

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Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.gIn the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

One has to log onto his account on the Ethiopian Revenue and Customs Authority website to generate the Tax Credit Certificate and issue it to the payee.

• Login ID
• password
• return date
• nature of payment
• TIN
• return number
• name of payee (Note All returns are done online)
  

A person required to retain tax on a payment made to a payee is required to remit the retained tax to Ethiopian Revenue and customs' Authority and file a Tax credit return by the due date. The withholding tax agent is required to generate and issue a Tax Credit certificate to the Payee. A registered Payee shall receive a copy of the Tax Credit Certificate (TCC) in Received Messages through their account on the Ethiopian Revenue and Customs Authority web portal.

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