Democratic Republic of Congo authorities have sealed the offices and seized the accounts of the local branch of South Africa's Vodacom over a tax dispute, the company said in a statement.
A shopper walks past a Vodacom shop in Johannesburg February 4, 2015.
The dispute relates to a tax audit for the period 2016-2019 by the DGI, which resulted in an adjustment of $243 million in July 2021, the statement said. The amount was later reduced. Vodacom has disputed the decision and lodged an appeal with judicial authorities last month, it said, but the DGI has initiated actions to forcibly recover the sum.Congo has been in a running dispute with all its phone operators over its efforts to impose more taxes without allowing companies to increase prices for consumers.
The government adopted a new tax imposing levies on every phone call, text message and megabyte of data in March. The tax replaced another levy that was withdrawn a month earlier after sparking public protests and aVodacom said it had taken measures to ensure the continuity of its services and was using every legal recourse.
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