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Chinamasa appointed substantive Zimra boss
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) acting commissioner-general Regina Chinamasa has been appointed substantive boss of the tax authority."The appointments are with immediate effect," Zimra cha...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Southerner takes over at Zimra
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) Acting Commissioner General, Mr Rameck Masaire, is leaving the tax collector on early retirement with effect from next month.In a statement yesterday, Zimra ...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:54hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Govt to appoint new ZIMRA board chairman, top management
The Treasury says it is close to finalising the appointment of a substantive chairman for the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) board. The tax authority is also putting the final touches to t...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Multi-million dollar whistleblowing corruption scandal rocks Zimra
MASSIVE corruption - which has dragged on for years - is rocking the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)'s multi-million-dollar whistle-blower fund which the tax collector's senior officials are lootin...Published: 26 May 2021 at 16:23hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimra engulfed in corruption storm over whistle-blowers
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), which operates a whistleblower facility in a bid to eradicate tax fraud and duty evasion, is caught in a damaging storm of corruption in which its senior office...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube hails outgoing Zimra boss
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Commissioner-General Ms Faith Mazani's three-year tenure at the helm of the organisation has left a positive impact on the tax collector and the country as a whole, ...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rameck Masaire appointed Zimra acting commissioner-general
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has appointed Rameck Masaire as acting commissioner-general with effect from 1 February. This follows the resignation of Faith Mazani, who has joined the Interna...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 15:52hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimra boss quits
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) Commissioner General Ms Faith Mazani has resigned, amid indications she will be rejoining the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from February next year.Zimra...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 18:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stolen vehicles smuggled into Zimbabwe every week
SMUGGLING syndicates are said to be illegally bringing vehicles stolen from South Africa into Zimbabwe through the porous Mozambican border entry points.The reports come soon after two notorio...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Firms evade remitting forex taxes
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it has detected a string of scams in which some companies charging for goods and services in foreign currency have evaded paying taxes in forex.This...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stay out of customs matters, police told
POLICE have no legal right to question citizens over their customs clearance documents, Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner general Faith Mazani has said.Speaking during the Instit...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No 2021 tax clearance certificates to improperly fiscalised operators'
Zimbabwe's tax collector has threatened to withhold 2021 tax clearance certificates to all registered business operators that have not properly fiscalised as most operators are not remitting taxes in ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ups anti-corruption fight
President Mnangagwa has appointed a 13-member steering committee to oversee the implementation of the National Anti Corruption Strategy, which was launched in July. Members of the committee in...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 06:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Truck drivers threaten to block Forbes border post
Truck drivers have threatened to bring business to a halt at Forbes border post over alleged in efficiencies by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) officials resulting in trucks taking up to four d...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 14:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra expects to surpass ZWL$5bn revenue target
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says gross collections have so far reached ZWL$4,96 billion and the tax collector expects to surpass ZWL$5 billion by the end of June.Without any direct ...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fuel dealers cornered
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has cornered fuel dealers who used to divert the product to the black market by adopting the Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) which tracks fuel tankers to their i...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Electronic cargo tracking system comes alive
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) on Friday put into operation the electronic cargo tracking system (ECTS), introduced as a pilot project in 2017, as it moves to plug revenue leakages thr...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Don't load-shed Beitbridge'
The head of Zimbabwe's tax agency has called on government to spare the Beitbridge Border Post from the new power load-shedding regime which she said would hit cross border business hard and impact re...Published: 15 May 2019 at 07:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to start accessing 3rd party information from banks
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) will start to access third party information from different Government databases and financial institutions to track companies and individuals that are not payin...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Government starts simplifying tax system
GOVERNMENT has begun a process of simplifying its tax system while the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) continues to roll out operational reform strategies aimed at enhancing voluntary compliance an...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra moves towards single clearance at ports of entry
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) will later this year bring together all agencies that are involved in border checks processes into a single clearance platform as it works towards improving Zimb...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimra cracks down on tax avoidance
Zimbabwe's tax agency is cracking down on tax avoidance in both the public and private sector via underhand deals to try and recoup millions in lost State income, the head of the Zimbabwe Revenue Auth...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 13:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt, Zimra authorities in standoff over 2% tax
A standoff - which disrupted the start of the tobacco marketing season last week - has erupted between the Finance Ministry and the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) over the operationalisation of th...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimra taken to court over forex duty
A BULAWAYO man has taken the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) to court challenging its decision to charge him duty in foreign currency for his imported vehicle. The vehicle, a Toyota Hilux w...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government values women through empowerment
As the world celebrates International Women's Day on 8 March 2019, it is imperative to note that the Government of Zimbabwe has been playing a critical role in empowering its women from all the differ...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 22:23hrs | | by Chido Chikuni
Zimra boss resigns over unclear reasons
A senior Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) official has resigned over unclear reasons, several months after he was suspended on corruption charges, it has been learnt.Zimra Commissioner in ch...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to continue charging duty in forex
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority says it will continue charging duty in foreign currency on goods designated to pay in forex despite the liberalisation of trading of the United States dollar exchange ra...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra not auctioning seized vehicles
THE Customs and Excise Department is not in a hurry to auction impounded vehicles worth millions of dollars held at its various ports countrywide despite their depreciation and threats from yet unexpl...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya, Chivayo cornered
Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walter Magaya has been summoned by the police for allegedly evading $22 million tax, while Wicknell Chivayo appeared in court yesterday for al...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra adds 20 000 new taxpayers
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) registered 20 000 new taxpayers last year as it ratcheted up efforts to increase tax compliance.Revenues accrued to the national purse in the 11-month pe...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya church accounts garnished by Zimra
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has garnished Walter Magaya's Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries accounts for alleged tax arrears amounting to $22 million.According to a...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
One-stop border posts project gains traction
GOVERNMENT is targeting to implement the one-stop border post concept at all of the country's ports of entry within the next five years to enhance customs clearances and trade facilitation, an officia...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra to set up virtual border posts
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is targeting to establish virtual border posts where travellers and their cargo will be cleared in less than five minutes.This was said by Zimra Commissi...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:08hrs | | by Staff reportet
Zimra in talks with workers representatives
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is enmeshed in talks with workers representatives to locate lasting solutions to challenges faced by employees, who claim they are now struggling to make ends me...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra to collect $6,2bn in 2019
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) plans to collect $6,2 billion from taxes this year, representing about 76 percent of the $8,16 billion 2019 Budget. With Zimbabwe's gross domestic product (GDP)&...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fadzayi Mahere exposes 'Tax scam'
Chinese companies in Zimbabwe have not been paying tax since 2012 human rights lawyer Fadzayi Mahere has sensationally claimed.Posting on micro blogging site Twitter Mahere said, "A country th...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 08:13hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Revenue collections surpass $5 billion
ZIMBABWE'S revenue collections surpassed $5 billion after a tax increase on electronic transfers buoyed December collections to peak at $572,4 million, official data has shown.In a bid to shor...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra starts forex tax collection
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has started collecting taxes, especially Value Added Tax (VAT) and Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) in foreign currency from companies that collect payments in that curren...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 16:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans not highly taxed - Zimra
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says Zimbabweans are not highly taxed as claimed by some sections of society. Most of these taxes compare favourably with the rest of Sub-Saharan countri...Published: 27 Dec 2018 at 08:57hrs | 13 | by Staff Reporter
Zimra revenue collections to reach $5bn by year end
ZIMBABWE'S tax agency says it has met this year's revenue target of $4,7 billion and it sees collections reaching $5 billion by year end.Last year, the actual gross revenue collections totalle...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 10:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra targets ill-gotten wealth
GOVERNMENT has directed the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) to widen revenue collection measures including pursuing individuals who evade paying taxes. This was said by Secretary for ...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra moves to decongest borders
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has assured the nation that it has put enough mechanisms to decongest borders during the festive season when human and vehicle traffic volume will be at its peak...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 16:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zezurus fall from high positions as Karangas take over
Like bags of maize dropping from a speeding truck, Zezurus that have been occupying strategic positions during Mugabe era are now falling in numbers as Mnangagwa's Karanga take over and build their ow...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 07:34hrs | 4 | by Israel Dube, MLO Secretary for Information and Public Affairs
Zimra tightens screws on unexplained wealth
People who acquired unexplained wealth are living on borrowed time as the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has begun tracking all individuals whose income does not match their expenditure.Th...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chaos erupts at Beitbridge over forex duty
There was confusion at Beitbridge Border Post yesterday with luxury vehicle importers refusing to pay import duty in foreign currency in line with the new Government regulations as proposed by the Fin...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Forex duty: Car importers stuck at Beitbridge
There was confusion at Beitbridge Border Post yesterday, with luxury vehicle importers refusing to pay excise duty in foreign currency in line with the new regulations announced by Finance and Economi...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt targets rich, famous
The country's rich and famous are quaking in their boots after the Zimra launched a massive crackdown on tax evaders, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government clamps down on rampant corrupt activi...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya raided by Zimra as part of its lifestyle audits
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority last week raided Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya as part of its lifestyle audits.Zimra has been seeking clarity on how ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
US dollar taxes loom
Businesses charging goods and services in foreign currency should start paying taxes, particularly value added tax (VAT) in hard currency, according to Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Commissioner ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra in corruption clean-out
CONFUSION reigned supreme within the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) yesterday following reports that as many as eight senior managers had been suspended on corruption charges.Zimra Commiss...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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