Tax and payroll

Corporate tax compliance and payroll outsourcing in Djibouti

Deadlines met, positions documented and payslips that comply with the law, without mobilising your team.

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The Djiboutian tax calendar is dense: monthly and annual returns to the Direction des Impôts, declarations to the Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale, licence fees, withholding taxes and, for free zone companies, specific obligations. AXIAL Advisory and Audit prepares and files your returns, monitors the calendar and documents the positions taken, so that a tax audit holds no surprises.

On the payroll side, we produce payslips, compute income tax withheld at source and social contributions, prepare transfer orders and the payroll ledger, and keep remuneration data confidential, outside your internal circuits.

Our tax and payroll services

Tax returns and calendar

Preparation and filing of VAT, corporate income tax, withholding tax and licence fee returns, with a shared calendar and reminders before each deadline.

Tax audits and disputes

Assistance during tax audits, drafting of responses to adjustment notices, negotiation and, where necessary, administrative appeals.

Payroll outsourcing

Monthly payslips, ITS and CNSS declarations, transfer orders, payroll ledger, entry and exit formalities and employee final settlements.

How we organise compliance

Who benefits most

Companies without an in house tax specialist, subsidiaries whose finance function is abroad, employers who want to keep salaries confidential, and free zone or project entities with specific regimes. Payroll outsourcing starts from a handful of employees.

Review of your situation

We review the tax regime applicable to your company, past filings and open risks, and identify savings or regularisations.

Calendar and responsibilities

A shared calendar sets who provides what information by which date, on your side and ours.

Production and filing

Returns and payslips are prepared, reviewed by a second person and filed or delivered within the deadlines.

Monitoring

We inform you of changes in tax and labour legislation and of their impact on your company.

Frequently asked questions

Answers to the questions we are most often asked before an engagement.

Mainly the tax on profits, the value added tax, the licence fee, the tax on salaries withheld at source and various withholding taxes, plus social contributions to the CNSS. The applicable regime depends on the legal form, the turnover and any free zone status.

Only a named contact on your side exchanges with our payroll team, through a secure channel, and payslips are delivered individually or through a protected employee portal.

Yes. We prepare the documentation, attend the meetings with the inspectors, draft the responses and assist you until the audit is closed.

Generally within one month, after collecting employee files and the last payslips so that the first payroll we produce reconciles with the previous one.

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