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Masive duty for Blankets, footwear, refrigerators imported into Zimbabwe
04 Aug 2011 at 05:43hrs | Views
With effect from 1st August 2011, travellers are no longer allowed to clear blankets, footwear, refrigerators and stoves under the traveller's rebate.
The rates of duty for the following products are:
Blankets Flat rate 40%
Footwear Flat rate 40%+$5/Pair
Refrigerators Flat rate 40%
Stoves Flat rate 40%
VAT is not payable where flat rates are applied.
Flat rates, however, do not apply on goods for sale or commercial purposes.
What is a Traveller's Rebate?
A traveller's rebate is an allowance granted on goods imported into Zimbabwe by a traveller (a person entering Zimbabwe traveller.)
This rebate or allowance is given once in a calendar month on the traveller's first entry into the country and is divided into two categories.
Total rebate
An allowance granted on all used personal effects. Personal effects are articles pertaining to or carried upon the body, such as clothing and toilet requisites but exclude such articles as radios, cameras, among others.
Partial rebate
This is an allowance granted to a traveller once a month on the date of his/her first entry into Zimbabwe in that calendar month on condition that:
Goods are properly declared.
Goods are not for sale or of a commercial nature.
The value of goods does not exceed US$300,00.
Alcoholic beverages are not more than five (5) litres of which not more than two (2) litres may be spirits and the traveller is 18 years and above.
The traveller is not a crew member
The goods are not blankets, footwear, refrigerator and stoves.
Who enjoys traveller's rebate?
Any traveller entering Zimbabwe namely:
Returning residents
Tourists/visitors
Immigrants
Diplomats
Excluding: any person employed as the pilot or master or any member of the crew of an aircraft or vehicle arriving from outside Zimbabwe.
For more details, kindly contact your nearest Zimra Office or our Legal and Corporate Services Division. Their contact details are as given below: Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, Legal and Corporate Services Division, 6th Floor, ZB Centre, Corner First Street/Kwame Nkrumah Avenue, PO Box 4360, Harare. Tel: 04 - 798 879/751624/775332/781345, Fax: 04 - 774087, email: pr@zimra.co.zw, website:www.zimra.co.zw
The rates of duty for the following products are:
Blankets Flat rate 40%
Footwear Flat rate 40%+$5/Pair
Refrigerators Flat rate 40%
Stoves Flat rate 40%
VAT is not payable where flat rates are applied.
Flat rates, however, do not apply on goods for sale or commercial purposes.
What is a Traveller's Rebate?
A traveller's rebate is an allowance granted on goods imported into Zimbabwe by a traveller (a person entering Zimbabwe traveller.)
This rebate or allowance is given once in a calendar month on the traveller's first entry into the country and is divided into two categories.
An allowance granted on all used personal effects. Personal effects are articles pertaining to or carried upon the body, such as clothing and toilet requisites but exclude such articles as radios, cameras, among others.
Partial rebate
This is an allowance granted to a traveller once a month on the date of his/her first entry into Zimbabwe in that calendar month on condition that:
Goods are properly declared.
Goods are not for sale or of a commercial nature.
The value of goods does not exceed US$300,00.
Alcoholic beverages are not more than five (5) litres of which not more than two (2) litres may be spirits and the traveller is 18 years and above.
The traveller is not a crew member
The goods are not blankets, footwear, refrigerator and stoves.
Who enjoys traveller's rebate?
Any traveller entering Zimbabwe namely:
Returning residents
Tourists/visitors
Immigrants
Diplomats
Excluding: any person employed as the pilot or master or any member of the crew of an aircraft or vehicle arriving from outside Zimbabwe.
For more details, kindly contact your nearest Zimra Office or our Legal and Corporate Services Division. Their contact details are as given below: Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, Legal and Corporate Services Division, 6th Floor, ZB Centre, Corner First Street/Kwame Nkrumah Avenue, PO Box 4360, Harare. Tel: 04 - 798 879/751624/775332/781345, Fax: 04 - 774087, email: pr@zimra.co.zw, website:www.zimra.co.zw
Source - www.zimra.co.zw
