In a statement signed on September 2, 2026, the Minister of Finance announces the end of the deadline for declaring IRPP and TPF for the 2025 fiscal year. Latecomers, including high-ranking officials and employees of the public and parapublic sectors, have seven days to regularize their situation under penalty of heavy sanctions, including the publication of their names in the press.
The tone is hardening at the General Directorate of Taxes. In a statement signed on September 2, 2026, Minister Louis Paul Motaze reminds that the deadlines for submitting the annual declaration of the Personal Income Tax (IRPP) and the Property Tax (TPF) have expired.
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Initially set for July 31, 2026, then extended to August 30, 2026, these deadlines specifically concerned non-professional taxpayers in the category of high-ranking officials and employees of the public and parapublic sectors.
While the Minister congratulates those who have fulfilled their obligations, he issues an ultimatum to the latecomers. From the publication of the statement, which serves as a formal notice, they have a period of seven days to regularize their situation in accordance with Article L 3 of the Tax Procedures Book.
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After this deadline, the tax administration promises zero tolerance. It threatens automatic taxation with surcharges, a fixed fine of 100,000 FCFA provided for in Article L 99, and above all, the political weapon: the publication of the list of defaulters in the press pursuant to Article L3 bis of the General Tax Code.
A “name and shame” measure that directly targets the Cameroonian administrative elite.
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