Liberation reveals that Nestlé is in the midst of a judicial iron with the taxman before the courts. By order dated April 15, the multinational was authorized to re -entertain its file before the court.
According to Liberation always, Nestlé Switzerland had assigned the Directorate General of Taxes and Domains (DGID) before the competent jurisdiction from April 28 of last year. According to the information obtained by the newspaper, it is a litigation old at least 2021 which has resurfaced recently.
Indeed, following a tax audit, the taxman had issued three perception titles against Nestlé Suisse. The first, dated June 3, 2021, concerned an amount of 722,850,000 FCFA under simple rights, to which were added 361,425,000 FCFA of penalties. The second, dated June 3, 2019, amounted to 505,995,000 FCFA (single rights) and 252,997,500 FCFA (penalties). Finally, the third perception title, also dated June 3, 2019, mentioned 75,435,055 FCFA of simple rights and 37,717,528 FCFA of penalties.
In total, the sum claimed by the tax authorities in Nestlé Switzerland amounts to approximately 1.956 billion FCFA, by combining simple and penalties. Also according to Liberation, following an opposition introduced by Nestlé Switzerland, the court had appointed the chartered accountant Abdoulaye Camara to carry out a contradictory expertise between the two parties. The latter submitted his report, which was validated by the court. This validated report, Nestlé Suisse was authorized, by order dated April 7, 2025, to re -enroll the cause between the Directorate General of Taxes and Domains.
