Cameroon - Taxes on income

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (current LCU)

The value for Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (current LCU) in Cameroon was 729,925,000,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 816,800,000,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of 87,380,000,000 in 1991.

Definition: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 90,590,000,000
1991 87,380,000,000
1992 90,500,000,000
1993 89,150,000,000
1994 91,940,000,000
1995 91,150,000,000
1998 163,690,000,000
1999 179,980,000,000
2012 602,719,000,000
2013 659,978,000,000
2014 742,900,000,000
2015 816,800,000,000
2016 712,400,000,000
2017 641,100,000,000
2018 729,925,000,000

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue)

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue) in Cameroon was 21.15 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 27.60 in 2015, while its lowest value was 16.99 in 1995.

Definition: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1990 18.94
1991 17.26
1992 18.25
1993 19.89
1994 23.86
1995 16.99
1998 18.98
1999 20.75
2012 24.12
2013 24.61
2014 24.93
2015 27.60
2016 24.04
2017 20.39
2018 21.15

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes)

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes) in Cameroon was 26.63 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 35.42 in 2015, while its lowest value was 23.40 in 1995.

Definition: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1990 27.66
1991 29.38
1992 29.04
1993 29.70
1994 31.54
1995 23.40
1998 25.33
1999 26.05
2012 34.51
2013 34.38
2014 33.66
2015 35.42
2016 30.51
2017 25.75
2018 26.63

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance