35. Are there provisions for any other form of indirect public funding?

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Answer
Yes
Source

"The financial support given to political parties by the government comprises of availing the parties the free use of government meeting halls, rendering mass media services according to the law and rendering of other similar services.

According to Article 18 of the Registration Proclamation,any political party:
A. shall not pay any kind of income tax on revenue it gets from its members and supporters.
B. shall not have the obligation of collecting and transferring to the government income tax payable in accordance with the law in respect of the salaries of its employees."

(Article 13(1&2), Regulation Concerning the Procedure for Determining the Apportionment of Government Financial Support to Political Parties Regulation Number 5/2009, 20 July 2009).

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