The budget orientation seminar concluded with a series of recommendations to the Directorate General of Taxes (DGI) and the General Directorate of Customs and Excise (DGDA). They were formulated by the participants in the recipes group. « These meetings were held from 2 to 4 July 2019 at Pullman Hotel Kinshasa.

As regards the DGI, it was recommended that the withholding tax be continued by mining companies subject to VAT on behalf of public institutions and public enterprises.

The application of the progressive rate in the field of income tax; the declaration at the entrance and the exit of the patrimony of the political staff; raising awareness about the payment of the Professional Tax on Remuneration (IPR) to political staff as well as executives and agents of the State; and the acquisition of electronic fiscal devices (cash registers) are also among the main recommendations.

As for the DGDA, the participants called for a series of strategies to be put in place. These include the updating of the tariff of import duties and taxes with a view to adapting it to the new code of excise duties; the construction of logistics platforms (warehousing areas and warehouses) in order to better take charge of the goods and also to ensure the attractiveness of the national territory in the perspective of regional integration.

Moreover, the seminar stressed the need for the DGDA to set up customs offices at all border posts throughout the national territory, with a view to ensuring full coverage; the deployment of the One-Stop Trade Center (GUCE) in all customs offices; the affixing of official fiscal signs on all excise goods and the pursuit of information from customs offices.

The DGDA will also have to implement the application of mixed and specific taxation of excise duties in the manufactured tobacco sector, their substitutes as well as other smoking products and instruments, and acquire ultra-modern equipment (scanner and others). ) to optimize its operational capabilities, including risk management and merchandise auditing.

It will also be a question of proceeding with the dematerialization of the fiscal declarations relating to the excises and payments related to it, of the continuation of the determination of the mining companies which no longer have to benefit from the entry fees at the preferential rate for having accomplished at least six years exploitation and taking into account the impact of the revision of the mining code precisely as regards the passage of the rate of customs duties on the petroleum product of 3 to 5%.

As a reminder, the aim of this seminar was to increase transparency and stakeholder participation in budget development through shared proposals and solutions.

« I can assure you that these recommendations are in line with the vision of His Excellency the President of the Republic, Head of State, focused in particular on improving the quality of public financial management, and the financing of basic infrastructure, with a view to strengthening the economic and social development of our country, « said Minister of State for the Budget, Pierre Kangudia, in his closing remarks.

Emilie MBOYO