" I urge you to stay the course and show more self-sacrifice in order to allow our country to meet the expectations of the populations and to respect its various commitments, especially with donors ."

It is in these words that Ouattara Sié, Director General of Taxes, encouraged, this Tuesday, February 9, 2021 in Abidjan, all his employees to take up the challenge of mobilizing 2748 billion FCFA for the 2021 fiscal year.
Adding in passing that " it is only in this way and from it alone that we will be able to remove our country from external aid, from begging that does not say its name ".
In 2020, 2352 billion FCFA were collected, out of a target of 2295 billion FCFA, despite the difficult context of the coronavirus pandemic, the socio-political unrest related to the presidential elections and the low yield of certain taxes including VAT and property tax.
A positive result of more than 50 billion FCFA for a realization rate of 102%. Compared to 2019, the Directorate General of Taxes had mobilized 2302 billion FCFA.
For Ouattara Sié Abou, these results, in constant progression, are the fruit of all the services and all the agents of the Taxes. Agents to whom he sends his congratulations. Before inviting them to make effective the total digitalization of tax procedures and to continuously seek the broadening of the tax base so as not to depend on a limited number of taxpayers.
LAWANI Babatundé