Following the successful cooperation in the issuance of the Congolese national ID card and the ePassport, the Republic of Congo extended its trust in biometric technology with the implementation of an unprecedented biometric tax ID issuance system. This system reliably supports the registration and identification of all taxpayers, as well as the data life cycle management. In addition, the Republic of Congo has extended its trust in biometric technology.
For the purpose of issuing biometric tax identity cards to all people and legal entities of the Congo, a cutting-edge solution that was created in close collaboration with the Congolese Ministry of Finance and Budget has been implemented. The Information Systems Department (DSI) of the Ministry of Finance and Budget has successfully set up the new Tax ID Card system. This has been a really positive experience for everyone involved.
Using a specialized, web-based enrollment system, private people and legal organizations around the nation may sign up for a Tax ID Card at one of the ten enrollment offices that have been set up for this purpose. Applications that have been successfully enrolled are sent to the Main Data Center, which is responsible for assigning a Unique Identification Number (NUI). An electronic document including the applicant’s NIU (Unique Identification Number) is sent to them through email or SMS and delivered to them within forty-eight hours, as stipulated by international standards.
The Tax ID Cards are customized with four different customization machines that are outfitted with laser engraving and high-security chip encoding technology. These personalization locations can be found in the capital city of Brazzaville as well as in the city of Pointe-Noire. The applicant then receives their individualized Tax ID Card as the second phase of the application process.
During each and every request for registration, the applicant’s demographic and biometric data are used to both safeguard the identification process and ensure that the Tax ID will be completely unique. The identification of numerous registration attempts and other types of irregularities may be supported and reliably supported by a complex combination of the software components.
The biometric Tax ID Card provides both the integrity and security of the national tax system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: When used by administrators and operators in state or private organizations, it provides a multitude of benefits for the purpose of safely identifying and verifying taxpayers in the field. The biometric Tax ID Card solution facilitates the safe interchange of data with other organizations such as tax or customs authorities or financial institutions by way of a third-party access interface. These external entities may include government agencies.
On August 10, 2020, the Minister of Finance and Budget presided over the official debut of the world’s first biometric tax identification system, which was a momentous occasion in its own right. It is a major contribution to the modernisation of the country’s administrative infrastructure and to the security of state revenues, and the introduction of the Tax ID Card represents another milestone in the drive to establish an electronic government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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