Gabon public holidays 2026, VAT rate and tax data
Gabon: VAT rate 18% since 1 Jan 2026; 16 public holidays in 2026 (next: Toussaint (All Saints' Day), 1 Nov 2026); corporate tax rate 30%; minimum wage 80000 XAF/month; policy interest rate 4.5%; inflation rate (CPI) 0.3%.
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{ "country": "GA", "series": "vat", "value": 18, "unit": "percent", "effective_from": "2026-01-01", "last_confirmed": "2026-08-07", "source": { "name": "Code General des Impots gabonais, art. 221 (taux de la TVA), as amend…", "url": "https://dgi.ga/imposition-des-personnes-morales/taxes-sur-le-chiffre-daffaires/tva/" } }
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Gabon public holidays 2026
16 days in 2026; next: Toussaint (All Saints' Day) on 1 Nov 2026. Official source: Decret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin 1998 reglementant le regime des jours feries en… · last verified 20 Jul 2026
Fixed by law 10 Confirmed 4 Estimated 2
| Date | Holiday | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2026 Thu | Jour de l'An (New Year's Day) | Fixed by law | Decret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin… |
| 20 Mar 2026 Fri | Aid el-Fitr (Fete de la fin du Ramadan) - PROVISIONAL, moon sighting | Estimated | Decret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin… |
| 5 Apr 2026 Sun | Paques (Easter Sunday) | Fixed by law | Decret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin… |
| 6 Apr 2026 Mon | Lundi de Paques (Easter Monday) | Fixed by law | Decret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin… |
| 17 Apr 2026 Fri | Journee nationale de la Femme - ferie, chome et RECUPERABLE | Confirmed | Decret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin… |
| 1 May 2026 Fri | Fete du Travail (Labour Day) | Fixed by law | Decret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin… |
| 14 May 2026 Thu | Ascension | Fixed by law | Decret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin… |
| 24 May 2026 Sun | Pentecote (Whit Sunday) | Fixed by law | Decret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin… |
| 25 May 2026 Mon | Lundi de Pentecote (Whit Monday) | Fixed by law | Decret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin… |
| 27 May 2026 Wed | Aid el-Adha (Tabaski / Fete du mouton) - PROVISIONAL, moon sighting | Estimated | Decret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin… |
| 15 Aug 2026 Sat | Assomption (Assumption) | Fixed by law | Decret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin… |
| 16 Aug 2026 Sun | Fete de l'Independance (Independence Day) | Confirmed | Decret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin… |
| 17 Aug 2026 Mon | Fete de l'Independance - deuxieme jour | Confirmed | Decret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin… |
| 30 Aug 2026 Sun | Journee nationale de la Liberation | Confirmed | Decret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin… |
| 1 Nov 2026 Sun | Toussaint (All Saints' Day) | Fixed by law | Decret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin… |
| 25 Dec 2026 Fri | Noel (Christmas Day) | Fixed by law | Decret n° 00727/PR/MTEFP du 29 juin… |
Status is read from the record: fixed by law follows from a standing rule (a fixed date or the Easter computus); confirmed is dated in the cited official calendar and not flagged provisional; estimated is provisional or moon-sighting dependent; substitute stands in for a statutory day that fell on a weekend or was moved. Hover a status for the reason.
Every current Gabon value
Rate schedules and breakdowns
Withholding tax rates
20% across 4 withholding taxes — no single rate · in force from 2021-01-01 · Official source: Code general des impots du Gabon, edition 2022 (compilation droit-afrique.com… · last verified 10 Aug 2026
Rates by payment type
| key | label | rate | applies to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dividends | IRCM on dividends and distributed income | 20 | dividends, directors' fees and all distributed income of Gabonese companies (CGI art. 98), paid to resident or non-resident beneficiaries; withheld at source by the paying establishment under art. 111 | CGI Gabon 2022, art. 109: 'L'IRPP pour… |
| A FINAL (liberatoire) levy. NO EFFECTIVE DATE IS SERVED: the code states the rate without a commencement date. Art. 110 (L.F.2021) reduces the rate to 10% for dividends received by capital-investment companies during portage. Art. 116 sets 10% under the CEMAC parent-subsidiary… | ||||
| interest | IRCM on interest and fixed-income products | 20 | interest on debt-claims, deposits, guarantees and current accounts paid to persons without real domicile in Gabon, and fixed-income products paid to non-residents without a permanent professional installation in Gabon | CGI Gabon 2022, art. 109 al. 2: 'les… |
| A FINAL levy. NO EFFECTIVE DATE IS SERVED for the 20% rate: the code states it without a commencement date. Reduced rates under art. 110 (L.F.2021): 15% for interest on bons de caisse issued by banks; 10% for income from bonds of at least 5 years' maturity issued in Gabon (art… | ||||
| royalties | Retenue a la source on royalties (art. 206(b)) | 20 | amounts received by inventors, copyright (droits d'auteur) income, and income from industrial or commercial property and assimilated rights, paid by a debtor established in Gabon to persons or companies without a permanent professional installation in Gabon | CGI Gabon 2022, art. 206(b): 'Les… |
| Gabon has no separate royalties withholding: royalties fall under the art. 206 non-resident retenue a la source, chapter 'Retenue a la source sur les non-residents'. Base is the gross amount excluding turnover tax (TVA). NO EFFECTIVE DATE IS SERVED: the code states the rate… | ||||
| services | Retenue a la source on non-resident services and independent professions (art. 206(a),(c)) | 20 | remuneration for independent professional activity carried on in Gabon, and remuneration for services of any nature materially supplied in or effectively used in Gabon, paid by a debtor established in Gabon to persons or companies (IRPP or IS payers) without a permanent professional installation in Gabon | CGI Gabon 2022, art. 206: 'Donnent lieu… |
| The debtor established in Gabon withholds and remits spontaneously, with a declaration, within the first fifteen days of the month following payment (art. 206). NO EFFECTIVE DATE IS SERVED: the code states the rate without a commencement date. Secondary reports of a 10%-to-20%… | ||||
Personal income tax (IRPP)
0–35% across 8 bands · in force from 2009-01-22 · Official source: Code General des Impots gabonais, art. 174 (bareme de l'IRPP), as in force… · last verified 7 Aug 2026
| min | max | rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1500000 | 0 |
| 1500000 | 1920000 | 5 |
| 1920000 | 2700000 | 10 |
| 2700000 | 3600000 | 15 |
| 3600000 | 5160000 | 20 |
| 5160000 | 7500000 | 25 |
| 7500000 | 11000000 | 30 |
| 11000000 | — | 35 |
Statutory social-insurance contributions
2–16% across 4 contribution branches · in force from 2026-01-01 · Official source: Decret n° 0487/PR/MASI du 18 decembre 2025 fixant les taux, l'assiette et le… · last verified 11 Aug 2026 secondary
| key | label | rate total | rate employee | rate employer | unit | base | ceiling monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prestations_familiales | Family benefits and maternity branch / Branche des prestations familiales et de maternite (CNSS) | 5 | 0 | 5 | percent | Gross salary, capped at 1 500 000 FCFA per month (18 000 000 FCFA per year) - the plafond des salaires soumis a cotisations fixed by the reforming decret. | 1500000 |
| Employer-only. THE RATE WAS CUT, NOT RAISED, IN THE 2026 REFORM: family benefits fell from 8% to 5%. That is the opposite direction to the reform as a whole, whose global CNSS rate rose from 18,5% to 23%, so an engine that assumes every Gabonese line went up will over-charge… | |||||||
| risques_professionnels | Work accidents and occupational diseases branch / Branche des accidents du travail et maladies professionnelles (CNSS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | percent | Gross salary, capped at 1 500 000 FCFA per month (18 000 000 FCFA per year) - the same ceiling as the other CNSS branches. | 1500000 |
| GABON USES A SINGLE FLAT OCCUPATIONAL-RISK RATE - no grading by activity class, no risk banding, no safety-record adjustment - so rate_employer carries a real number rather than a null. Do not look for a tariff table as you would in Cameroon, Benin, Mali, Senegal or Cote… | |||||||
| pensions | Old-age, invalidity and death pension branch / Branche vieillesse, invalidite et deces (CNSS) | 16 | 5 | 11 | percent | Gross salary, capped at 1 500 000 FCFA per month (18 000 000 FCFA per year). Both shares are computed on the same capped base. | 1500000 |
| THIS BRANCH MORE THAN DOUBLED ON 1 JANUARY 2026 AND IS THE WHOLE STORY OF THE GABONESE REFORM. It went from 7,5% (5% employer, 2,5% worker) to 16% (11% employer, 5% worker). The worker's CNSS deduction doubled from 2,5% to 5% of capped salary - a direct and immediate cut to net… | |||||||
| cnamgs_assurance_maladie | Compulsory health insurance / Assurance maladie obligatoire - Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie et de Garantie Sociale (CNAMGS) | 6.1 | 2 | 4.1 | percent | Salary, capped at 2 500 000 FCFA per month - A DIFFERENT AND HIGHER CEILING THAN THE CNSS BRANCHES. Collected by the CNAMGS, not by the CNSS. | 2500000 |
| A SECOND INSTITUTION WITH A SECOND CEILING - the CNAMGS is not a CNSS branch, is governed by its own ordonnance and its own decret, and caps at 2 500 000 FCFA against the CNSS's 1 500 000. An engine that runs one assiette for Gabon is wrong on this line for every employee… | |||||||
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