The non-oil tax reform in Angola: Escaping from petroleum dependency?

Angola experienced an extraordinary oil boom between 2004 and 2014. During this period, oil revenue accounted for 80% of all government revenue. In 2011, the Government of Angola started implementing a non-oil tax reform. The main objective of this reform was to reduce the Government's dependency on oil revenues by broadening the tax base and improving tax administration. This paper examines the achievements of the Angolan tax reform with...