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The tax code updated on July 10, 2023 in its book 1, first part, page 43 sets the sales prices of the pair of vehicle registration plates, including the security screws, are set as follows:

In light of new decrees signed on December 7, 2023 and published in the official journal in the special issue of December 14, 2023 relating to the rate of property tax and the tax on rental income as well as the methods of collecting the 'IRL on housing allowances for employees in the city of Kinshasa, we have the advantage of inviting you to a tax morning that the FEC is organizing on January 18, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at its headquarters.

The new 3% tax on consumers of electrical energy from the national electricity company (SNEL SA.) in the Democratic Republic of Congo has not yet been implemented on its customers, we have learned Tuesday from an administrative source. “This tax is not yet applicable to domestic customers. It will only concern high-voltage mining customers,” declared Fabrice Lusinde Wa Lusangi, general director of SNEL. For him, this information was only a circular that the national electricity company received from the Electricity Sector Regulatory Authority (ARE).

The National Electricity Company comes in our circular to inform high voltage customers, consumers of electrical energy, of the introduction of the new tax set at 3%, which will apply from the invoice for the month of January 2024 . With reference to the interministerial decree

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT CITY OF KINSHASA PROVINCIAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMY ORDER OF THE PROVINCIAL MINISTER N°015/CAB/MIN. PROV/END. ECO/2023 OF DECEMBER 07, 2023 AMENDING THE ORDER OF THE PROVINCIAL MINISTER No. 016/CAB/MIN.PROV/FIN.ECO/2022 OF OCTOBER 14, 2022 SETTING THE TAX RATES ON RENTAL INCOME……………… …………….………………………………………..5

Article 1: This Order establishes the conditions for being subject to value added tax by option in application of the provisions of Article 14 of Ordinance-Law No. 10/001 of August 20, 2010 establishing the tax on added value, as amended and supplemented to date. Article 2: Legal entities and natural persons whose annual turnover is below the value-added tax liability threshold may opt for the value-added tax regime.

UN countries today overwhelmingly adopted a resolution to begin the process of establishing a framework convention on taxes and completely change the way global tax rules are decided. The framework convention could eventually transfer decision-making on global tax rules from the OECD – a small club of rich countries where it has sat for more than 60 years – to the UN. “This is a historic victory won by the countries of the South, for the benefit of people around the world. Tax havens and corporate lobbyists have had too much influence on OECD global tax policy for too long.

At the end of the elective general assembly this Monday in Kinshasa, the businessman Robert Mulamba has just replaced Albert Yuma at the head of the Federation of Congolese Enterprises (FEC). Albert Yuma, who spent 18 years as president of the FEC, was not a candidate for his own succession.

Following the urgent measures which were taken during the one hundred and fifth meeting of the Council of Ministers on July 21, 2023, in particular the payment of all taxes, fees and duties due to the State in Congolese francs, I have the advantage to inform you that, on the instructions of his Excellency President of the Republic, Head of State, mining companies must sell the share of their currencies repatriated to the central bank of Congo in exchange for Congolese francs on the basis of a rate .

Through correspondence addressed to its central, urban and provincial directors, the General Directorate of Administrative, Judicial, State and Participation Revenue (DGRAD) announced the rate of fees to be paid and the modalities for the issuance of the secure biometric driving license and with chip in the DRC, in accordance with the interministerial decree of August 2, 2023, signed by the ministers of transport Marc Ekila and finance Nicolas Kazadi.

The Federation of Businesses in Congo (FEC) contacted the Prime Minister regarding multiple on-site inspection missions from various state services, carried out near businesses, particularly in tax matters, non-tax revenues and economic control.

By order law No. 18/003 of March 13, 2018 establishing the nomenclature of rights, taxes and fees of the central government and interministerial order No. 001/CAB/MIN/INTERSECDAC/2022