Background to the creation of the OBR

All tax and customs administrations are reforming for two essential objectives: better serve taxpayers and improve the collection of tax and customs revenues for the Public Treasury. It is within this framework that the OBR was created. The creation of the OBR is also a reform that fits with the economic integration policy of Burundi within the East African Community (ECA). The Burundian Office of Recipes (OBR) in acronym is a semi-autonomous public establishment collection of Public Revenue, created by Law n ° 1/11 of July 14, 2009. The general goal of creating this institution is poverty reduction through improved public revenue collection as well as an improved business environment in Burundi. The OBR is therefore a new institution created to inaugurate an era of modern and professional tax and customs administration in Burundi.