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Carbon Tax and Environmental Levy Compliance for African Business

Carbon taxes, plastic levies and other environmental charges are becoming a real line item for African manufacturers, miners and heavy energy users. This course covers how these taxes are calculated, what allowances and offsets reduce the liability, and how to keep the records a revenue authority will accept. Finance teams leave able to forecast the cost and to build environmental levies into pricing and budgeting.

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What you will be able to do

  • Explain how carbon tax and related environmental levies are structured and charged.
  • Calculate a carbon tax liability using emissions data and applicable allowances.
  • Apply offsets and thresholds that reduce the amount payable.
  • Maintain emissions and levy records that satisfy revenue authority requirements.
  • Forecast environmental tax cost for budgeting and pricing decisions.
  • Align tax reporting with wider sustainability and disclosure obligations.

Course outline

  1. 01Environmental taxes on the African agenda
  2. 02Carbon tax design and tax base
  3. 03Emissions measurement and reporting
  4. 04Allowances, thresholds and offsets
  5. 05Plastic and other environmental levies
  6. 06Record keeping and audit readiness
  7. 07Forecasting and budgeting for the levy

Who should attend

Tax accountants, finance managers, sustainability officers and compliance staff in manufacturing, mining, energy and logistics businesses.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
5 to 6 Oct 2026Johannesburg2R10,000Register
6 to 7 Oct 2026Cape Town2R10,000Register
7 to 8 Oct 2026Durban2R10,000Register
8 to 9 Oct 2026Pretoria2R10,000Register
12 to 13 Oct 2026Windhoek2US$1,100Register
13 to 14 Oct 2026Gaborone2US$1,100Register
14 to 15 Oct 2026Maseru2US$1,100Register
15 to 16 Oct 2026Mbabane2US$1,100Register
19 to 20 Oct 2026Lusaka2US$1,100Register
20 to 21 Oct 2026Harare2US$1,100Register
21 to 22 Oct 2026Lilongwe2US$1,100Register
22 to 23 Oct 2026Blantyre2US$1,100Register
26 to 27 Oct 2026Mozambique2US$1,100Register
27 to 28 Oct 2026Nairobi2US$1,100Register
28 to 29 Oct 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100Register
29 to 30 Oct 2026Kigali2US$1,100Register
2 to 3 Nov 2026Kampala2US$1,100Register
3 to 4 Nov 2026Accra2US$1,100Register
4 to 5 Nov 2026Lagos2US$1,100Register
5 to 6 Nov 2026Cairo2US$1,100Register
9 to 10 Nov 2026Mauritius2US$1,100Register
10 to 11 Nov 2026Dubai2US$1,100Register
11 to 12 Nov 2026Online2US$900Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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