The revenue of the General Directorate of Taxes, at the end of the second quarter of 2019, amounted to 702.1 billion FCFA for a target of 703 billion FCFA. This is the main information delivered by Ouattara Sié Abou, first official of this institution during the Bilan seminar organized this Friday in Abidjan.
Despite this deficit of one billion, these figures are up compared to the same period in 2018 when the DGI collected 640 billion FCFA. In total, over the first half of 2019, 1,193 billion FCFA were collected, representing an achievement rate of 99.7%.
Projections for the third quarter and second semester amount respectively to 630 and 1,258 billion FCFA to meet the many challenges set by the authorities for this year, namely the implementation of the Government's Social Program, PS Gouv, and Coverage. Universal disease, CMU...
Objectives within the reach of the DGI with regard to the economic potential of Côte d'Ivoire and the organization of the institution, which is getting stronger every day a little more, with the support of new technologies, which simplify and ensure speed and fluidity in the execution of tasks "according to Ouattara Sié Abou. Before adding that " it is essential to broaden the tax base, collect property tax and control the file of taxpayers ".
In Côte d'Ivoire, the file of property tax taxpayers is made up of 99% natural persons and 1% legal persons. And the corporate 1% contributes 99% in property tax revenue. And the 99% of natural persons up to 1%. A trend that the Directorate General of Taxes wants to reverse.