(Business in Cameroon) – The Cameroonian government has set a target to collect CFA361 billion in non-tax revenue for 2025, about half the estimated potential of CFA600 billion. Finance Minister Louis Paul Motaze confirmed this during discussions with the finance and budget committee in December 2024. The official explained that the government is pursuing reforms to improve the collection of non-tax revenue, which currently stands at CFA300 billion.
Non-tax revenue includes fees for obtaining administrative documents, fines, dividends from public enterprises, and other charges. Several opportunities for boosting these revenues have been identified. These include annual visa fees of 5% of consultant and foreign expert contract wages, penalties for foreign workers who fail to pay visa fees, and fines capped at CFA1 million for contractors seeking to resume public procurement activities after suspension.
Other measures involve a CFA150,000 approval fee for opening vocational training centers, a CFA200,000 annual fee for applying for a cinematographic works exploitation permit, and a CFA100,000 annual fee for obtaining electronic certificates issued by the Ministry of Public Contracts.
For 2025, the government projects total revenue of CFA5,548 billion, broken down into CFA734 billion from oil and gas revenue, CFA3,217 billion from taxes, CFA1,144 billion from customs duties, CFA361 billion from non-tax revenue, and CFA90 billion from expected grants.
