Kinshasa, September 3rd, 2025 (CPA) – The deadline for payment of the rent reduction tax in the city of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been set at (ten) September 10th, according to a press release from the urban tax administration consulted on Wednesday.
‘The General Revenue Directorate of Kinshasa, (DGRK), reminds taxpayers, individuals and legal entities, subject to rent withholding that the deadline for fulfilling their monthly tax obligations for the month of August, is set for Wednesday September 10th, 2025 at the latest,’ it is read.
‘To this end, taxpayers who are legal entities under the authority of the Directorate of Taxes (DIM) and individuals under the authority of the Revenue Directorates of Gombe (DRG), Limete (DL), Ngaliema Nord (DRN-N), Kinshasa (DRK) and Barumbu (DRB) must submit their returns online via the portal https:// e-dgrk.com’, the document has added.
« Failure to meet this deadline will result in the application of the fines set out in the relevant legal and regulatory provisions. He who pays badly, pays twice« , the document has continued.
Payment of taxes, duties and fees also due by September 10th.
View of the building of the General Revenue Directorate of Kinshasa
On another note, the urban tax authorities have reminded taxpayers, both individuals and corporate bodies, liable for duties, taxes and fees due to the city of Kinshasa that the monthly due date for August is also Wednesday September 10th.
These include the consumption tax on locally-produced goods (beer, alcohol, spirits, lemonade, tobacco, cement, wheat flour and sugar) and the tax on the marketing of non-biodegradable materials.
Also concerned are the tax on the use of energy resources by electricity production infrastructures of provincial or local interest of 100 to 999.9 KW, as well as the tax on the exploitation of natural surface or underground waters other than thermal waters, lakes or rivers and their tributaries (drilling) and the tax on public lighting.
The same list also includes tax on licences to manufacture, buy, sell, hold and trade in alcohol, alcoholic beverages and alcoholic beverages; tax on the marketing of cosmetic and dietary products; and tax on sanitation and the removal of rubbish or household waste.
To this end, they are asked to collect the collection note from the DGRK Authorising Officer assigned to the tax department concerned or to declare the tax online via the https://e-dgrk.com website, depending on whether the tax is of a fiscal nature, and to pay into the bank account of the Receiver of Non-Tax Revenue.
Failure to comply with this deadline will result in the application of the penalties and fines provided for by the relevant legal and regulatory provisions.