The choice of the team of the President of the Republic Alassane Ouattara with regard to the mobilization of customs revenue and their transparent management is judicious. This is what emerges from the review seminar for the second quarter of 2019 which took place on August 16 in Abidjan.  

This meeting chaired by Sanogo Moussa Secretary of State to the Prime Minister in charge of the Budget and the State portfolio had as its central theme '' analysis of the results of the second quarter and the first half of 2019 and outlook for the third quarter of 2019' '. Indeed, DGI revenue at the end of the second quarter of 2019 amounted to 702.1 billion for a target of 703.2 billion, i.e. an achievement rate of 99.8%. In comparison with the receipts for the second quarter of 2018 which amounted to 640.9 billion, there is an increase of 61.2 billion, representing a growth rate of 9.6%. In the first half of January to June 2019, revenue amounted to 1,193.2 billion, representing an achievement rate of 99.7%. In terms of collection, the main satisfactions of the second quarter were the value added tax (VAT), the Taxes on Salaries and Salaries (ITS), oil and gas revenues and property taxes. The gross revenue targets assigned to the General Directorate of Taxes are set at 630 billion for the third quarter of 2019 and at 1,258.5 billion for the second half of this year.  

To achieve these third quarter objectives, the DGI departments should draw up action plans that take into account the acceleration and execution of the annual plan and general control, the intensification of joint DGI-DGD control (Direction générale customs) and the conduct of control operations on the contribution of the licenses of drinking establishments and night establishments. As well as the organization of targeted transport license control operations, the control of the industrial fee, the strengthening of the recovery of arrears, the effective implementation of forced recovery procedures and the continuation of communication, awareness-raising, informing and monitoring taxpayers.  

The great ambitions of the Director General of Taxes

For Ouattara Abou, Director General of Taxes, the retrospective analysis of the balance sheet of activities as of June 30 is necessary because it constitutes the essential starting point for enriching his vision in the perspective of the optimal achievement of the objectives determined for the second trimester. The gross revenue projections expected for the third quarter of 2019, amounting to 630 billion are within reach of the agents reassures the Director General, given the economic potential of the country and the organization which is strengthening with the support of new technologies which simplify and ensure speed and fluidity in the execution of tasks. This is why he invited all the departments to appropriate the new management tools, the generalization of which is in progress. He insisted that the agents place particular emphasis on broadening the base and monitoring the recovery of property tax in order to optimize the performance, the results of which are still below expectations. He hoped that the broadening of the basis for the management of the taxpayers' file would be supported by rigorous tax audits, the relevance of which should guarantee the fair contributions of each taxpayer. The representative of the president of the ceremony praised the eloquent work accomplished by the agents.