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TAX EN DRC SASU is a company under Congolese law that has a project called "Proximity Tax Advisor". Indeed, this project aims to train Proximity Tax Advisors in order to defend the balance of the interests of the State as well as those of Taxpayers by supporting these two actors in a useful and professional manner in the accomplishment of their missions and obligations for the Development of the Democratic Republic of Congo without forgetting all lovers of taxation.

In anticipation of the deadline for subscribing to the tax declaration on profits and profits for the fiscal year 2024, income 2023, the Services are informed that the following instructions are issued concerning the receipt and processing of the declaration of the profits and profits tax (IBP) with regard to the legal obligation to certify the financial statements of companies.

The Minister of Finance informs the public that he has implemented software for requesting vehicle registration plates. This software will allow applicants to submit their files online and pay without the need to physically go to an office of the Directorate General of Taxes.

We kindly ask you to find, below, the deadlines for the legal and tax procedures to be carried out during the month of February 2024: 1 - Submission of the declaration and proof of payment of the property tax; - Submission of the declaration and proof of payment of the Rental Income Tax; 10 - Filing with the competent customs office of the declaration of excise products covering the previous month by the manufacturer of the goods or the supplier of the services referred to in Article 3 of the Excise Code; - Filing of statistics (sales, service, production, import and export) with:

Considering the constitution as amended by law no. 11/002 of January 20, 2011 revising certain articles of the constitution of February 18, 2006, especially article 93; Considering the uniform act of March 24, 2000 relating to the organization and harmonization of company accounting, as revised by the uniform act relating to accounting law and financial information of January 26, 2017; Considering, as modified and supplemented to date, Ordinance Law No. 69-009 of February 10, 1969 relating to scheduled taxes on income;

Organizing organizations: European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad), EU Tax Observatory (EUTO), Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ), ICRICT (Independent Commission for International Corporate Tax Reform), Tax Justice Network, World Inequality Lab

The Council of Ministers of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA), Considering the Treaty relating to the harmonization of business law in Africa, signed in Port-Louis on October 17, 1993, as revised in Quebec on October 17, 2008, notably in its articles 2, 5 to 10 and 12; Having regard to the Report of the Permanent Secretariat and the observations of the States Parties; Considering Opinion No. 003/2106 dated December 20, 2016 of the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration; After deliberation, unanimously adopts the States Parties present and voting, the Uniform Act, the content of which follows:

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En attache pour votre information. Ce jugement du Conseil d’Etat qui annule l’arrêté interministériel fixant les taux des droits, redevances & taxes particulièrement en ce qui concerne les actes ci-dessous :

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:

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