Ouagadougou: The Superior Council of Communication (CSC) convened a meeting with professional media organizations and press owners, to discuss the tax situation of media companies in the private sector and discuss solutions possible.

‘When media outlets close for non-payment of taxes, this is an uncomfortable situation to which solutions must be found,’ declared the president of the CSC, Idrissa Ouédraogo, Monday during the meeting with press bosses from the private sector. and professional media organizations.

The participants who appreciated the relevance of the meeting presented ideas that could prevent the media from being closed for non-payment of taxes. Among these ideas, they proposed the settlement of the State’s debts to the media but also an understanding and flexibility of the tax services in the recovery of tax revenues within press companies.

The president of the CSC found these proposals interesting and announced the establishment of a committee responsible for putting the ideas into a docume
nt for the rest of the process.

Media like Savane FM and L’Evénement had to close for a while, sealed by the tax authorities, before reopening.

Source: Burkina Information Agency