On Friday, April 25, 2025, the Director General of Taxes of Côte d'Ivoire announced that the results of the first quarter of the year show a rate of achievement of 99.1%, with 1,107.3 billion FCFA actually recovered out of a target of 1,116.8 billion FCFA, or an & The deficit gap of 9.5 billion CFA francs. The announcement was made at the opening of the assessment seminar for the first quarter of 2025.

The managing director urged his employees to redouble their efforts in order to reach the 2nd quarter goals set at 1,542.9 billion FCFA. This represents an increase of 39.33% compared to the previous quarter. He invited all agents to demonstrate innovation, creativity and rigor in the execution of their missions, in order to optimize the mobilization of tax revenue. The stocktaking seminar took place under the theme “The contribution of intelligence in the mobilization of tax revenue”.

The aim of this meeting is to take stock of fiscal performance in the first quarter and to define the outlook for the second quarter. According to the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Minister of Finance and Budget, Vassogbo Bamba, this stocktaking seminar is a valuable opportunity for self-assessment for the tax administration. The latter expressed his satisfaction with the minister with regard to the constant commitment of DGI staff in the dynamic of modernization and the search for performance