DR Congo is an underdeveloped country because its fund does not get enough money. And this has a major impact on the functioning of the Congolese tax system. This is what the lawyer-tax expert, Dieudonné Bifumanu Nsompi, believes. In his recent work published in November 2018, he analyzed the circuit of Wealth creation and its distribution and their channeling to reach this conclusion.

Taking into account all tax-generating activities, potential tax revenues in DRC can be estimated at more than $ 30 billion a year. However, he notes, with a budget of around $ 6 billion in 2018, it is only possible to perpetuate poverty.

In his analysis, Dieudonné Bifumanu starts from the principle that Wealth creation is achieved by the work well done, which must contribute to the well-being of the community. This, before bringing its evaluation in six points.

1. The DRC is an underdeveloped country because its fund does not get enough money;
2. If his fund does not receive enough money, it is because there is very little wealth transformed and channeled in the country;
3. If there is little wealth transformed and channeled, it is because there is less work well done;
4. If there is less work well done, it is because the population of the country is not available for this, that is to say, it is not put in conditions where his work should become a rewarder
5. If the population of the country is not available for the job well done, it is because the elite of the DRC is concerned by the report of the World Bank on African intellectuals. This report concluded that African intellectuals are lazy, enjoyable and corrupt;
6. With such an elite upstream, it is obvious that we have, downstream, a weak economy characterized by insufficient money for the State and poverty for the population.

In view of these considerations, this tax specialist advocates a kind of national reconciliation based on mutual forgiveness and collective repentance between rulers and ruled. This will have the advantage of allowing some to pay their taxes properly and others to ensure the proper management of public money so that no one throws the stone on the other.

« Congolese people, do not be distracted and naive. Dare your forehead and open your eyes to look at your realities in front with courage and without shame. When you have seen these realities determine, with faith, to direct your actions towards your integral well-being, that is to say towards development. Only in this way you will make your country, a country more beautiful than before, big and strong, « he recommended.

Dieudonné Bifumanu Nsonmpi is the author of the book entitled: « The weakness of the tax system of the Democratic Republic of Congo as the most important cause of underdevelopment of the country. He is also chairman of the Standing Committee responsible for implementing risk management tools and reorganizing internal audit at the Directorate General of Taxes (DGI).

Eric TSHIKUMA