Ethiopia Personal income tax brackets
Ethiopia Personal income tax brackets run from 0% to 35% across 6 bands, cited to Ministry of Justice, in force since 7 Jul 2025. Last checked against the official source on 17 Jul 2026.
Statutory personal income tax rate schedule (income bands and marginal rates) for resident individuals, from the national revenue authority.
| Current value | 0–35% across 6 bands |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2025-07-07 |
| Official source | Ministry of Justice — Federal Income Tax Proclamation No. 979/2016, Schedule 'A' (employment income), as amended by Proclamation No. 1395/2025 |
| Last verified | 2026-07-17 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
MONTHLY bands — Ethiopia levies employment income tax on each calendar month's income. Tax-free threshold RAISED to ETB 2,000/month (from ETB 600) by the Income Tax (Amendment) Proclamation No. 1395/2025, effective 7 July 2025 — the change flagged to check, CONFIRMED enacted and in force. That amendment also raised the lowest positive rate from 10% to 15%, cut the number of brackets from seven to six, and moved the 35% top rate to apply above ETB 14,000/month (previously above ETB 10,900). Residents. The amendment's clean bracket table is image-only on the primary gazette pages (not machine-readable); band figures cross-checked across KPMG's published mirror of Proclamation 1395/2025 and Ethiopian payroll references.
Get it programmatically
curl https://afriref.dev/v1/et/income-tax
# $0.005 per call — x402 on Base (USDC). No key, no signup.
# History: curl https://afriref.dev/v1/et/income-tax/history?from=2020-01-01
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