How Burkina Faso ended France’s tax advantage
Published on: Friday 03 July 2026
Burkina Faso’s 2023 decision to terminate a 1965 double taxation treaty with France marked one of the country’s most consequential economic policy shifts since independence. The agreement had governed how certain French companies and nationals operating in Burkina Faso were taxed, and the government argued it no longer reflected the country’s economic interests after repeated...
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/how-burkina-faso-ended-france-s-tax-advantage/ar-AA27d6aO