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What are the costs of buying land or a house?
The duties the State collects on the sale, according to the General Tax Code.
This price is the taxable base, plus any charges stipulated in the seller's favour (art. 409).
Reduced rate of 3% (art. 412), under three conditions: price of at most 10 000 000 FCFA excluding land, contract of ten years or more, registration within the deadlines. It must be requested in writing from the tax office.
Estimated costs
5 000 FCFA
Rate applied: 5%
- Registration duty
- 0 FCFA
- Cadastral extract
- 5 000 FCFA
- Notary fees
- Not published, ask the notary's office
General Tax Code, 2024 version, articles 409, 410 and 412.
Notary fees are not included: no scale is published in Burkina Faso, so ask the notary's office. The tax stamps on a sale deed are not included either, as no verified amount is available.
Figures read on dgi.bf on 02/10/2026. https://dgi.bf/verification/CGI