Cameroon overview
Basic Facts
- African Union member country
- Central African franc (XAF) currency
- Dual legal system of French civil law and English common law
- Politically stable presidential republic country
- English and French speaking
Reasons for doing business in Cameroon
TOP 3
Low start-up cost and simple procedures to register a business
Strategic geographical position between West and Central Africa
Wide range of various tax incentives to investors
More advantages
- Corporate income tax rate of 27.5% (33%)
- Property tax is charged at 0.1% of the assessed property value
- Capital gains are normally taxed at full CIT rates
- Dividends are subject to the withholding tax of 16.5% and it applies to dividends paid to both Cameroon residents and non-residents, the above rate may be reduced under an applicable DTT
- Losses can be carried forward up to four years, carryback of losses is not permitted
- No transfer pricing, nor controlled foreign companies (CFCs) provisions
- No wealth tax
Company formation in Cameroon
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