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Finance Minister stirs controversy
Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube has divided opinion after appointing his permanent secretary, George Guvamatanga, to the board of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)....Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 16:34hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Callisto Jokonya appointed ZIMRA chairperson
The Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube has appointed a new Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) board comprising of six members. The new members are Callisto Jokonya (Chairperson), Josep...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 12:08hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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
Zimra to acquire modern liquid testing devices
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it will acquire advanced testing equipment to monitor liquid imports in a bid to curb smuggling.At the moment, the department cannot monitor the liq...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimra workers resist lifestyle audits
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) and its employees have clashed over loss control lifestyle audits after the board approved a policy which permits use of the audit findings as a basis for contract r...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimra official in nasty tiff with tax whistleblower
AN acrimonious fight between a top Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official and a whistleblower has reportedly prejudiced the country of millions of dollars with the former allegedly slashing amoun...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Industry expresses concern over poor quality imports
CONFEDERATION of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has raised concern over the influx of substandard imports, which are easily evading the Bureau Veritas pre-importation assessment system in a development lik...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's spooks purged by Mnangagwa
THREE senior Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) directors were yesterday fired, while two others were re-assigned in the latest round of fresh purges, as President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa's rest...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 14:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimra justifies board fees
THE 9 percent jump in fees and allowances for Zimbabwe Revenue Authority board members for the year to December 31 last year, has been attributed to the high number of meetings held to tackle pressing...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra surpasses target
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) performed beyond expectations in the first half of 2018 after gross collections hit $2,41 billion against the budgeted $2,10 billion, driven by excise duty, net ...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimra board pockets $300,000
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) board members made rich pickings from fees and allowances last year after pocketing a combined $292 582 last year, representing a 9 percent rise from the prior year....Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
It’s the economy, stupid!
Three weeks to the elections and the only thing that is clear is that Zanu PF still has no idea how to turn around the economy. The state media reports that billions of dollars of investments are pour...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 23:31hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Zimbabwe is not for sale!
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) board chairperson Willia Bonyongwe's admission that corruption within and outside the organisation is resembling an organised crime syndicate as it has now become ca...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:29hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimra's corruption likened to organised crime
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) board chairperson Willia Bonyongwe has likened corruption in the authority to organised crime as the tax collector continues battling corrupt elements within its ran...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra boss exposes govt rot
The newly-appointed commissioner-general of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has blew the whistle on civil servants from the other arms of government who are working in cahoots to deprive the fi...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 14:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra boss quizzed over 'smuggled' Zanu-PF campaign material
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general, Faith Mazani was yesterday grilled by MDC-T Chitungwiza North legislator, Godfrey Sithole, who demanded to know if Zanu-PF had paid import duty...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra delays NRZ locomotives over customs clearance
HARARE - National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ)'s rolling stock and locomotives unveiled by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on February 21 took over a month to be operationalised as they were held up in Bul...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 12:00hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimra system upgrade to be completed in June
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has acquired three top of the range servers in a bid to complete Automated System for Customs Data (Asycuda) systems upgrade by June this year to improve on effi...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bonyongwe causes storm at Zimra
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has been plunged into a fresh storm after it emerged that board chairperson Willia Bonyongwe ordered that their meetings should not be digitally recorded in what...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 14:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra surpasses target by 8%
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has recorded $1.1 billion first quarter 2018 gross revenue collections, above target by 8 percent and higher than $862 million recorded in the same period last y...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zimra boss forced to leave with nothing
Former Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general Gershem Pasi was sent on forced leave in May 2016 to pave way for investigations into allegations of corruption and poor corporate govern...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 07:53hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
'Lifestyle audits should start with Mnangagwa'
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa has said lifestyle audits by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) should start with high ranking officials, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Speaking at ...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 09:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra boss tackles corruption claims
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) board chair Willia Bonyongwe is accused of a litany of corruption and bad governance allegations, leaving the state tax collector in a fresh storm of dishonest deali...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra won't write-off the $3.9bn owed by companies and councils
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) will not write-off the $3,9 billion it is owed by companies and councils, as this will set a bad precedent of not paying dues, a top executive told a parliamentary p...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
President is gender sensitive
President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week appointed High Court Judge Priscilla Chigumba as the new Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Chairperson. The appointment comes hard on the heels of other appointments...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 13:48hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
Zimra officers live in fear
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials countrywide in charge of the Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS), which curbs transit fraud, are living in fear after weeks of receiving death threats....Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
'140% rise in market capitalisation fuels inflation growth'
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says the bullish run on the local bourse last year was due to excessive money creation on the market resulting in a sharp rise of inflation pressures.In ...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra mistake costs Govt $20 million revenue
GOVERNMENT lost an estimated $20 million in revenue from commercial cargo entering the country through Beitbridge border post due to a collapse of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority's (zimra) Automated Sy...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra surpasses target by 17%
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) exceeded its 2017 gross annual performance by 17 percent while net collections after deducting refunds were surpassed by 10 percent.In a statement accomp...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Long queues at border posts
LONG queues have resurfaced at the country's border posts amid reports that staff were manually processing import and export documents following a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Customs and Excise...Published: 18 Dec 2017 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's 'obedient son' dares Zimra, police
Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu has challenged the police and the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) to end smuggling at the country's border posts and contribute towards revival of the economy....Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 13:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra lobbies for heavier penalties
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) plans to increase fines on tax offences across the board as part of efforts to promote compliance, our Harare Bureau has learnt.The revenue collector is ...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra expands lifestyle audits
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority wants more muscle to back tax compliance measures, while also indicating that it is widening its lifestyle audits to ferret out those who live large while evading their ...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimra expects to surpass FY target by 15%
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it expects to surpass the $3.7 billion revenue target by at least 15 percent, as it ups collection efforts.In the half year to June 30, revenue infl...Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gershem Pasi ordered to return Zimra vehicle
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has written to its former commissioner-general, Gershem Pasi, demanding the return of a Toyota Land Cruiser he left with following his resignation early this yea...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 18:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimra moves to curb upsurge in tax refund pay outs
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has appointed Value Added Withholding Tax agents to curb the upsurge in tax refund pay outs that impact negatively on the country's net revenue collections....Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 08:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Treasury toughens stance on errant transit truckers
Treasury has toughened its stance on errant transit truckers by introducing penalties, as it moves to stem smuggling.It is estimated that government is losing $1 billion annually through smugg...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe and wife take turns to slam Mnangagwa
President Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace yesterday took turns to slam Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his allies, accusing them of being disloyal to the party and lying that there is no facti...Published: 02 Sep 2017 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Two senior Zimra officers suspended in Beitbridge
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has, with effect from August 28, suspended two of its Beitbridge senior managers and another manager from dog section.The suspension of Batsirai Chadzing...Published: 02 Sep 2017 at 09:12hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Zimra officials abuse electronic cargo system
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials are prejudicing Government of money running into millions of dollars in potential revenue by failing to implement laid down procedures on transit cargo, th...Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government urged to urgently deal with smuggling at borders
The gains of imports control measures put in place by Government through Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016 will soon be eroded unless measures are put in place to stop smuggling of goods through designa...Published: 12 Aug 2017 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Govt to swoop on shops selling illegal imports
GOVERNMENT will raid shops selling unlicensed imported products, as part of sophisticated measures targeting dealers fuelling the demand for contraband, to curtail smuggling and pluck leakages prejudi...Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
6 top Zimra bosses under investigations
About six top Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) managers are currently under the microscope as the taxman intensifies lifestyle audits to weed out corrupt elements in its systems.The identiti...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 15:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Church tax debate rages on
Churches are posing challenges to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) with the tax man finding it difficult to differentiate between which church funds belong to the church and to the church leader...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 14:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra closes in on churches
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it is looking into the country's churches with the view of establishing clearer taxing boundaries, amid indications most pastors are failing to remit all th...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 14:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko wants death penalty for graft
Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has called for sweeping law reforms which impose stiffer penalties such as cutting hands and shooting people tried and found guilty of corruption.Mphoko's cal...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to chase Zimbabwean cash hidden in tax havens
Zimbabwe's tax agency has said it wants to uncover billions of dollars in undeclared assets kept by Zimbabwean citizens in foreign countries amid a worsening liquidity crunch.This comes as Zim...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 14:35hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
IMF raises red flag over Zimbabwe cash crisis
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has blamed Zimbabwe's unrelenting cash shortages on government's runaway spending and a comatose economy.IMF's outgoing mission chief for Zimbabwe Anna Lu...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 14:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe taxman targets Zanu-PF chefs
The country's nouveau riche - especially bigwigs in Zanu-PF who have made enormous wealth in the midst of widespread poverty - face lifestyle audits by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), which is...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 12:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimra suspends 21 'corrupt' officers, recovers $120 million
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has, in the first half of 2017, suspended 21 officials and recovered $120 million through its anti-corruption drive following tip-offs from members of the public...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
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