Senegal: DGID Etax, mobile tax payment and Treasury payment platforms

DGID Etax

The DGID launched e-Tax in Dakar on 19 December 2013 for filing and paying taxes online, as reported by Afrique ITnews and republished by OSIRIS ³. Payment was modelled on bank transfers, with automated payment notices exchanged between the DGID and banks ³. Ecobank was the pilot bank, and Citibank, CBAO and SGBS signed agreements with the DGID ³.

In December 2016 a DGID director said card and mobile payment would be added during 2017, as reported by the Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (APS) ⁸. He said money transfer operators would join the DGID telepayment platform ⁸.

Under ministerial decision no. 02 of 2 August 2023 and Article 631 of the Code général des impôts, users of the Centre des professions réglementées had to make all returns and payments on Etax from September 2023 ⁵. The DGID directed them to eservices.dgid.sn to create an account ⁵.

Mobile payment through MAX IT

In November 2025 the DGID said users can pay "tous leurs impôts, taxes, droits et redevances" through the MAX IT app run by Orange ¹. The communiqué states no fees ¹. On 17 November 2025 Director General Jean Koné visited the Ngor-Almadies tax office to see the service in use, as reported by Le Techobservateur and republished by OSIRIS ². The DGID listed simpler payment, secure collection, transparency and wider tax inclusion as goals ².

• Open the MAX IT app and go to the Paiement menu ¹
• Select FAY SAMA IMPÔT, then choose the procedure and enter the details ¹
• Complete the payment and save the receipt ¹

VAT on foreign digital services

VAT on digital services supplied in Senegal by foreign providers took effect on 1 July 2024 under Article 355 bis of the Code général des impôts, according to a DGID communiqué of 24 June 2024 ⁴. Foreign providers can register at eservices.dgid.sn/fimfipnet and receive their logins electronically ⁴. Returns and payments go through Etax, no later than the 20th of the month after each calendar quarter ⁴. Where a provider has no proof of registration, the local taxpayer must withhold and pay the VAT under Article 355 ⁴.

Treasury payment platforms

On 18 January 2024 the DGCPT launched a platform for paying fixed traffic fines by mobile money or bank card, as reported by APS and republished by OSIRIS ⁷. Dakar was the pilot region, and the company Diotali handled technical execution ⁷. The DGCPT said any payment method approved by the BCEAO can be used, and cash remains possible at police and gendarmerie posts ⁷.

On 2 June 2025 the DGCPT presented Sen Trésor, a platform for paying public expenditure through mobile money, as reported by APA News ⁶. It covers salaries under FCFA 100,000, pensions, scholarships, allowances and social programmes ⁶. In a two-month pilot it paid more than 44,000 beneficiaries a total of over FCFA 4 billion ⁶. DGCPT officials said a second platform for paying taxes and duties was coming ⁶.