Paying Taxes in Gabon

The table below addresses the taxes and mandatory contributions that a medium-size company must pay or withhold in a given year in Gabon, as well as measures of administrative burden in paying taxes.

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Tax or mandatory contributionPayments (number)Notes on PaymentsTime (hours)Statutory tax rateTax baseTotal tax rate (% profit)Notes on TTR
Social security contributions4 9620.1%gross salaries22.7 
Corporate income tax3 8035.0%taxable profits19.7 
property tax2 -25.0%net rental value1.8 
Municipal business tax2 -various ratesfixed rate plus variable by number of employees0.4 
Infrastructure development tax0paid jointly-XAF 250000fixed fee0.2 
VAT12 9618.0%value added not included
Fuel tax1 -varies (XAF 2,75 to XAF 14,5)  small amount
Stamp duty1 -XAF 500 per page small amount
Tax on advertising1 -various rates  small amount
Totals:26 272  44.7 


Notes:

Name of taxes have been standardized. For instance income tax, profit tax, tax on company's income are all named corporate income tax in this table.
The hours for VAT include all the VAT and sales taxes applicable.
The hours for Social Security include all the hours for labor taxes and mandatory contributions in general.