DRC’s President Urges Stronger Tax Control to Boost Revenue
During the ninety-ninth meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Friday, May 19, 2023 in Kinshasa, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Félix Tshisekedi, instructed the Congolese Government to strengthen tax control, with assistance from the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF), to increase public revenue during this fiscal year.
President Tshisekedi has asked all members of the Government to spare no effort to take the necessary measures likely to increase revenue mobilization for the current financial year.
According to information from the Minister of Communication and the Media, Patrick Muyaya, information points to a low declaration of taxable persons during the tax deadline of April 2023, in the collection of income tax. Profit and Profit (IBP).
In order to quickly correct this situation, the Congolese Head of State, Félix Tshisekedi, instructed the Minister of Finance to organize and supervise the operations relating to the tax audit for the 2023 financial year as well as those of the automatic taxation of subject to the declaration of income and profit tax in default in order to recover all the rights due to the State for the tax deadline of April 28, 2023.
In addition, and with a view to strengthening and further increasing the mobilization
of public revenue, he also instructed the members of the Government to grant more speed in the materialization of the acts generating public revenue provided for in the 2023 Finance Law.
To this end, the Ministers of Transport, Ways of Communication and Accessibility, and that of Finance have been instructed to accelerate the process of putting driving licenses into circulation throughout the national territory after the population file was transferred to the National Population Identification Office (ONIP).
