Use for Djibouti personal income tax for tax year 2026: ITS salary tax bands 2% to 45%, the 50,000 exemption, withholding by the 10th, capital gains and non-residents.
Djibouti · tax year 2026 · changed 25 Jun 2026
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| Item | Figure | Conditions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Band 1 | 2% | Monthly fraction below 30,000 (CGI art. 15 as rewritten by LF 2022 art. 7) | https://www.journalofficiel.dj/texte-juridique/loi-de-finances-n142-an-21-8eme-l-portant-budget-initial-de-letat-pour-lexercice-2022/ |
| Band 2 | 12% | 30,000 to 50,000 | same |
| Band 3 | 15% | 50,001 to 150,000 | same |
| Band 4 | 22% | 150,001 to 300,000 | same |
| Band 5 | 25% | 300,001 to 600,000 | same |
| Band 6 | 30% | 600,001 to 1,000,000 | same |
| Band 7 | 35% | 1,000,001 to 2,000,000 | same |
| Band 8 | 45% | Above 2,000,000 | same |
| Low-pay exemption | 50,000 a month | Art. 4 as completed 2016; not repealed in any law read, though the 2022 scale dropped the words "above 50,000" and still starts at 30,000. If salary is at or under 50,000, no ITS. Above it, apply the scale from the first franc | https://www.journalofficiel.dj/texte-juridique/loi-de-finances-n120-an-15-7eme-l-portant-budget-initial-de-letat-pour-lexercice-2016/ |
| Short engagement | 15% flat | Under one calendar month, on the whole pay above 50,000 (arts. 16, LF 2016 art. 8) | https://www.journalofficiel.dj/texte-juridique/loi-de-finances-n120-an-15-7eme-l-portant-budget-initial-de-letat-pour-lexercice-2016/ |
| Rounding | Fraction under 5,000 ignored | Art. 14 | https://www.ministere-finances.dj/TVA/CGI%20%202010.pdf |
| Company car benefit | 40,000 a month | Per vehicle and person (art. 17) | https://www.ministere-finances.dj/TVA/CGI%20%202010.pdf |
| Severance | 1,500,000 relief | LF 2022 art. 6, art. 5 al. 5 | https://www.journalofficiel.dj/texte-juridique/loi-de-finances-n142-an-21-8eme-l-portant-budget-initial-de-letat-pour-lexercice-2022/ |
| Capital gains on property and shares | 10% first sale; 15% built or unbuilt property second sale | Art. 67 b, LF 2022 art. 16; second-sale rate from 2020 rectified law art. 6 | https://www.journalofficiel.dj/texte-juridique/loi-de-finances-n142-an-21-8eme-l-portant-budget-initial-de-letat-pour-lexercice-2022/ |
Employees and their employers: ITS covers all pay for activity in Djibouti, and since 1 January 2009 staff of free-zone firms. Exempt: diplomats in post, retirement pensions (art. 4), family allowances, refunded expenses on receipts (art. 5). Self-employed profit falls under the impot sur les benefices professionnels, see dj-corporate-income-tax. There is no separate general income tax return for salary in the texts read.
| Item | Figure | Conditions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Band 1 | 2% | Monthly fraction below 30,000 (CGI art. 15 as rewritten by LF 2022 art. 7) | https://www.journalofficiel.dj/texte-juridique/loi-de-finances-n142-an-21-8eme-l-portant-budget-initial-de-letat-pour-lexercice-2022/ |
| Band 2 | 12% | 30,000 to 50,000 | same |
| Band 3 | 15% | 50,001 to 150,000 | same |
| Band 4 | 22% | 150,001 to 300,000 | same |
| Band 5 | 25% | 300,001 to 600,000 | same |
| Band 6 | 30% | 600,001 to 1,000,000 | same |
| Band 7 | 35% | 1,000,001 to 2,000,000 | same |
| Band 8 | 45% | Above 2,000,000 | same |
| Low-pay exemption | 50,000 a month | Art. 4 as completed 2016; not repealed in any law read, though the 2022 scale dropped the words "above 50,000" and still starts at 30,000. If salary is at or under 50,000, no ITS. Above it, apply the scale from the first franc | https://www.journalofficiel.dj/texte-juridique/loi-de-finances-n120-an-15-7eme-l-portant-budget-initial-de-letat-pour-lexercice-2016/ |
| Short engagement | 15% flat | Under one calendar month, on the whole pay above 50,000 (arts. 16, LF 2016 art. 8) | https://www.journalofficiel.dj/texte-juridique/loi-de-finances-n120-an-15-7eme-l-portant-budget-initial-de-letat-pour-lexercice-2016/ |
| Rounding | Fraction under 5,000 ignored | Art. 14 | https://www.ministere-finances.dj/TVA/CGI%20%202010.pdf |
| Company car benefit | 40,000 a month | Per vehicle and person (art. 17) | https://www.ministere-finances.dj/TVA/CGI%20%202010.pdf |
| Severance | 1,500,000 relief | LF 2022 art. 6, art. 5 al. 5 | https://www.journalofficiel.dj/texte-juridique/loi-de-finances-n142-an-21-8eme-l-portant-budget-initial-de-letat-pour-lexercice-2022/ |
| Capital gains on property and shares | 10% first sale; 15% built or unbuilt property second sale | Art. 67 b, LF 2022 art. 16; second-sale rate from 2020 rectified law art. 6 | https://www.journalofficiel.dj/texte-juridique/loi-de-finances-n142-an-21-8eme-l-portant-budget-initial-de-letat-pour-lexercice-2022/ |
Base: monthly pay including benefits in kind (art. 15), less pension withholdings and CNSS withholdings (art. 6). The bands are marginal: the law taxes each "fraction". Tax is set monthly (art. 9).
| Item | Date or rule | Source |
|---|---|---|
| ITS payment | Before the 10th of the next month, to the Tresorerie generale (art. 287, LF 2024 art. 23). The older ministry page says the 15th: the law wins | https://www.journalofficiel.dj/texte-juridique/loi-de-finances-n-64-an-23-9eme-l-portant-budget-initial-de-letat-pour-lexercice-2024/ |
| Item | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Withholding not made | Fine equal to the tax not withheld, on top of the tax (art. 249) | https://www.ministere-finances.dj/TVA/CGI%20%202010.pdf |
| Late payment | 5% surcharge plus 0.5% interest per month; no 5% on audit assessments (art. 247) | https://www.ministere-finances.dj/TVA/CGI%20%202010.pdf |
| Late or missing return | Interest 5% (art. 246 as amended 2021; the earlier text was 0.5% per month) plus 10% if filed within 10 days of formal notice, 40% after that or never | https://www.journalofficiel.dj/texte-juridique/loi-de-finances-n111-an-20-8eme-l-portant-budget-initial-de-letat-pour-lexercice-2021/ |
Pay for activity carried out in Djibouti is taxed; the law taxes "activity in the country". Foreign employee on a Djibouti posting: same scale. Agreements on French forces and teachers sit in the CGI annexes. Treaty relief: check whether a convention applies.
Example 1: salary 200,000. Employee CNSS 6% = 12,000 (art. 6). Taxable 188,000, rounded down to 185,000 (art. 14). ITS 25,700.
name: ITS on 200,000 a month
inputs:
gross: 200000
steps:
- cnss: gross * 0.06
- base: floor((gross - cnss) / 5000) * 5000
- tax: 30000*0.02 + 20000*0.12 + 100000*0.15 + (base-150000)*0.22
expected:
tax: 25700.00
Example 2, the decision: is a 1,500,000 salary hit by the CNSS ceiling? Yes for care only: 2% on 400,000 = 8,000, pension 4% uncapped = 60,000. Taxable 1,432,000, rounded to 1,430,000. ITS 396,500.
name: ITS on 1,500,000 a month
inputs:
gross: 1500000
steps:
- cnss: 400000*0.02 + gross*0.04
- base: floor((gross - cnss) / 5000) * 5000
- tax: 600 + 2400 + 15000 + 33000 + 75000 + 120000 + (base-1000000)*0.35
expected:
tax: 396500.00
Not yet confirmed: The CGI on the official site is the 2011 edition. No consolidated 2026 code could be opened (impots.dj, dgi.dj and economie.gouv.dj did not answer), so each rule is the 2011 text plus the finance laws read; the finance laws found in the gazette for 2013 to 2026 were scanned for tax articles, the 2012 law was not, so an amendment made only there or in a law the gazette search missed would not show. Whether the 50,000 exemption survives the 2022 rewrite is read from the texts, not stated by an authority. The old skill's residence test and treaty position remain unconfirmed; no Djibouti treaty list was opened. The older 5-band scale on the ministry page (to 30%) is out of date.
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