Government tells municipal councils and city councils they’ll no longer collect taxes!

Government tells municipal councils and city councils they’ll no longer collect taxes! The new reform follows a joint ministerial order signed by Louis Paul Motaze and Georges Elanga Obam. It operationalizes Law No. 2024/020 of 23 December 2024 on local taxation and places the collection of local taxes, duties, and municipal charges under the authority of the Directorate General of Taxation (DGI). Under the new framework, municipal councils, subdivision councils, and city councils will no longer have the mandate to assess, issue, or recover local taxes and revenues. Article 13 of the implementing order formally transfers these responsibilities from local…