Cameroon: Digitization increased tax revenues by 140% between 2010 and 2022

Between 2010 and 2022, tax revenue in Cameroon grew to CFA2,384 billion (expectation for the year) from CFA992 billion. This is an increase of 140%, or CFA1,392 billion over the period. The Head of the General Directorate of Taxes, Modeste Mopa Fatoing, explained that this performance was achieved thanks to the reforms implemented within the tax administration over at least the past decade. They revolved around “optimizing the collection of taxes, particularly through the dematerialization of procedures, from the declaration to the payment,” he said yesterday in Douala, during consultations with economic operators as part of the preparation of the…