Businesses in Ethiopia must now include QR codes on all manually issued receipts or risk losing key tax benefits under new regulations designed to increase compliance and improve oversight.

Effective February 9, 2025, receipts without QR codes will be deemed invalid by the Ministry of Revenues and rejected for tax deduction and refund purposes.

The new requirement, introduced under Directive No. 188/2024, aims to digitize manual receipt verification and reduce tax evasion, a persistent challenge for the country’s tax authorities.