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Kinshasa Online Tax Platform (DGRK, now DGIPK)

Revision 2026-11-04-evidence-baseline · effective 2026-11-03

Current revision. This is the snapshot used by the live entity page.

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Created the first structured Evidence Passport with 9 claims and 6 source dossiers.

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Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-28260e523b5627f3 quantitative
Kinshasa's revenue authority, the DGRK, began digitising tax collection in 2023 with software built by the Dubai-based firm OKAB
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The report covers the April 2023 launch of collection software for the DGRK, developed by OKAB, a Dubai-based company.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Actualite.cd (press)
Claim 2 clm-36754baed5e97178 quantitative
In January 2026 it made online declaration of the 2024–2025 vehicle tax (vignette) compulsory through the irms-dgrk.com portal
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The DGRK communiqué of 23 January 2026 says vehicle-tax declarations for fiscal 2024–2025 are now made exclusively online via irms-dgrk.com.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. RTNC (press)
Claim 3 clm-aec76dfe51fdda2b quantitative
on 5 March 2026 it launched the platform for property tax and rental-income tax
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What the mapping says
The report dates the launch to Thursday 5 March 2026 as part of the 2026 campaign for property tax and rental-income tax.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. DeskEco (press)
Claim 4 clm-b57c3a6775b05b27 descriptive
For the vignette, the portal issues a QR code for payment at partner banks, and the taxpayer must still return to the tax office to collect the sticker
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The communiqué describes the QR code, payment at the city's partner banks and the return visit for clearance and delivery of the vignette.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. RTNC (press)
Claim 5 clm-3ff4fbc0d2abd88d quantitative
A 2026 reform then dissolved the DGRK
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What the mapping says
The agency report states that the DGRK has been dissolved and its powers passed to two new revenue agencies.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ACP — DGIPK presented to Congolese businesses (22 Oct 2026)
Claim 6 clm-9374c5084a6a9838 descriptive
by September its successor, the DGIPK, had taken over property, rental-income and vehicle tax
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What the mapping says
The DGIPK communiqué reported on 16 September 2026 lists these taxes as now within its competence.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ACP — collection of five taxes assigned to the DGIPK (16 Sep 2026)
Claim 7 clm-1073e47a85000c22 descriptive
in October it presented its online declaration and payment procedure to businesses
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What the mapping says
At a business-federation meeting on 22 October 2026 the DGIPK's director general set out the online declaration and payment procedure.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ACP — DGIPK presented to Congolese businesses (22 Oct 2026)
Claim 8 clm-82ac43234193215d descriptive
Kinshasa's vignette still ends with a bank payment and a return visit to the tax office
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The vignette procedure requires payment at a partner bank and a return to the tax office for clearance and the sticker.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. RTNC (press)
Claim 9 clm-f391917a3ce680e6 quantitative
the DGRK was dissolved within months of the March 2026 launch
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lesson · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The platform launched on 5 March 2026; by October 2026 the agency report describes the DGRK as dissolved.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. DeskEco (press)
  2. ACP — DGIPK presented to Congolese businesses (22 Oct 2026)

Source dossiers and revision state

This layer records what is known about each source, what is still missing, and the exact snapshot this page is rendering. A missing date, archive or hash stays visible as missing.

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Revision history → Permanent version link → Machine-readable record → Evidence Constitution →
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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
DGIPK (Direction Générale des Impôts Provinciaux de Kinshasa), successor to the dissolved DGRK
Actor types
city-government
Funding model
public
Funding description
Not recorded
Cost
Not recorded
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

6 source dossiers

IRMS-DGRK (authority, current platform) irms-dgrk.com · background

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Stable source ID
src-e4a6fac81e84c7b1
Publisher
Name not classified · irms-dgrk.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-11-03
Dossier created
2026-11-04
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
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Locator
Open the recorded source note

Live integrated revenue-management platform, launched March 2026, for online property- and rental-income-tax declaration and payment.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Background source; no baseline claim points here
DeskEco (press) deskeco.com · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-0622f00cc940e515
Publisher
Name not classified · deskeco.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-03-06
Updated
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Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-11-03
Dossier created
2026-11-04
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
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Locator
Open the recorded source note

March 2026 report on the irms-dgrk.com launch, confirming property-tax and rental-income-tax coverage and that it replaced the earlier e-dgrk system.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
RTNC (press) rtnc.cd · 3 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-52b15a3e3a84ca34
Publisher
Name not classified · rtnc.cd
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-01-26
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-11-03
Dossier created
2026-11-04
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
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No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Report on DGRK's 2024–2025 mandate that vehicle-tax (vignette) declarations be filed online via the platform.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Actualite.cd (press) actualite.cd · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID
src-d42d14c8c6d3e472
Publisher
Name not classified · actualite.cd
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2023-04-21
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-11-03
Dossier created
2026-11-04
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No local capture recorded
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Open the recorded source note

2023 report on DGRK's original digital tax-collection software launch, matching the entry's yearStart.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
ACP — collection of five taxes assigned to the DGIPK (16 Sep 2026) acp.cd · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID
src-e106bc7976ae88ab
Publisher
Name not classified · acp.cd
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-09-16
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-11-03
Dossier created
2026-11-04
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

State news agency report of a DGIPK communiqué: property tax, rental-income tax, rent withholding, housing allowance and vehicle tax (vignette) are now collected by the new Direction générale des impôts provinciaux de Kinshasa, created by an arrêté of 16 June 2026 after the reform of the DGRK.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
ACP — DGIPK presented to Congolese businesses (22 Oct 2026) acp.cd · 3 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-da04a1759d968f9e
Publisher
Name not classified · acp.cd
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-10-22
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-11-03
Dossier created
2026-11-04
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

The DGIPK, created after the DGRK was dissolved, presents itself to businesses at the FEC, including its procedure for declaring and paying taxes online.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Known limits of this file
  • Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.