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Zimbabwe should fully liberalize the petroleum industry
It has become apparent that the Zimbabwean government is failing to sustain its fuel subsidy in the economy due to foreign currency shortages. The rationale for such a subsidy has been to bring price ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 274 | by Victor Bhoroma
US diplomat smuggled guns into Zimbabwe
A United States diplomat recently raised security concerns after he smuggled two rifles and two shotguns into the country in 2016, only to declare the weapons in February 2019, about a month before le...Published: 23 hrs ago | 667 | by Staff reporter
Zimra moves on amnesty headache
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) is working on legislation which will help the tax collection agency reconcile recent tax amnesty transactions amid revelations that business is losing millions i...Published: 15 May 2019 at 09:30hrs | 1181 | 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 | 1034 | by Staff reporter
$1 million gold theft suspects fail to have case dismissed
THE High Court has dismissed an application for discharge by nine suspects allegedly involved in the theft of nearly $1 million worth of gold which was being kept as an exhibit at Plumtree Police Stat...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:28hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Zimra tampered with Prophet Magaya's computers
Walter Magaya's Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministry, which is facing charges of failing to declare sales tax, yesterday accused the Zimbabwe Revenue's Authority (Zimra) of tampering with...Published: 10 May 2019 at 19:21hrs | 1989 | by Staff reporter
MPs demand new NSSA audit report
PARLIAMENT has given Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza an ultimatum to release the latest external forensic audit report on the National Social Security Authority (Nssa),...Published: 10 May 2019 at 13:58hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya fails to repay $23 million loan
PROPHETIC Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walter Magaya and his wife, Tendai, have been taken to the High Court for failure to repay a US$23 million loan to Homelink Finance (Private) ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:43hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
SA registered fuel smuggling tankers intercepted at Beitbridge border
Authorities at Beitbridge Border Post have heightened their anti-smuggling drive following the recent interception of three South Africa registered tankers smuggling a combined 116 000 litres of petro...Published: 09 May 2019 at 12:00hrs | 3797 | by Staff Reporter
Security guards protest at Beitbridge Border Post
POLICE in Beitbridge had a torrid time on Saturday dispersing a rowdy group of at least 80 security guards employed by the National Eye Security Company who besieged their employer's office, protestin...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:17hrs | 1373 | by Staff reporter
You are on the right path Mthuli but....
I can't help but feel sorry for Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube.By now the economy should have been showing signs of stabilising.Experts say for the fi...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:44hrs | 4190 | by Munyaradzi Hwengwere
Crackdown on unregistered vehicles
The government is in the process of setting up measures that will address the challenges of unregistered vehicles on the country's roads.With a total population of 969 940 vehicles plying the ...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 14:36hrs | 2572 | 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 | 3632 | 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 | 1090 | by Staff reporter
Zimra couple ordered to explain source of wealth
THE High Court has given a Harare couple employed by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) 30 days to explain the source of their wealth, failing which their properties valued at $762 000 will be for...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | 2998 | 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 | 6465 | by Staff reporter
Whistleblowers pocket $3million after helping Zimra
Whistleblowers pocketed a cool $3 million in the past two years after helping the taxman recover more than $33,5 million in unpaid taxes.Under current regulations, those who provide the Zimbab...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1510 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi-ZIMRA scandal exposed?
A disgruntled former driver of Genius has alleged through an exposé on how the embattled businessman has been running his illicit business in connivance with the Zimbabwe Revenue Au...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 15:20hrs | 17143 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Beitbridge Border staff braces for holiday influx
ZIMBABWEAN and South African border authorities have come up with a raft of measures to deal with the anticipated increase in vehicular and human traffic during the Independence and Easter Holidays. ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:06hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Zimra lifts Ziscosteel garnishee
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has lifted the garnishee order it imposed on the accounts of the now defunct steelmaker, Ziscosteel bringing relief to the steel company ex-employees who were no...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 16:25hrs | 1276 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya church 'disowns' financial statements
Walter Magaya's Prophetic Healing and Deliverances (PHD) Ministries yesterday disowned unstamped financial statements presented in court as exhibits in the church's alleged tax evasion case.Zi...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:11hrs | 1093 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa's court papers rejected on a technicality
The South African High Court has not accepted an application presented by Douglas Mboweni on a technicality arguing that the respondent was the CEO of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, and was not in a capaci...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 08:22hrs | 3464 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border post staff ready for holidays
ZIMBABWEAN and South African border authorities have come up with measures to deal with the anticipated increase in vehicular and human traffic during the Independence and Easter Holidays. Aut...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Excise duty refund on fuel
The promulgation of Statutory instrument 72 of 2019 (Customs and Excise (Fuel supplied to approved beneficiaries) (Refund) Regulations, 2019, facilitates for approved beneficiaries to apply for a refu...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 16:28hrs | 963 | by Zimra
Zimra workers allege victimisation
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) workers' committee have resigned en-masse, citing victimisation by management and the board.In a letter gleaned by NewsDay, a leader of the wo...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:47hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
The dynamics of smuggling in Zimbabwe
Catch me if you can, is a phrase that may describe the goings on at Zimbabwe's ports of entry as the Treasury continues to lose millions of dollars in revenue due to smuggling and other criminal activ...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 16:39hrs | 1749 | by Staff reporter
Thieves besiege Beitbridge border post warehouse
THIEVES have besieged the burnt State warehouse at Beitbridge Border Post where they are targeting mostly copper cables and related products still trapped under the debris, it has emerged. ...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:50hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Lamborghini brings Harare to a standstill
A MYSTERIOUS Harare man last week landed a Lamborghini Avedantor S worth about R7.48m in neighbouring South Africa.The owner of the big brother of the Lamborghini family is still not known, al...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 15:13hrs | 28479 | by Staff reporter
Border delays rile transporters
Transporters and customs clearing agents have expressed concern over the delays in the movement of cargo at Beitbridge Border Post, which is SADC's busiest inland port. They said they had been...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:32hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Zimra targets tax dodgers
WHEN the taxman pays an impromptu visit, they all shut their doors; and when he calls-in everyone stampedes for the exits just to get a good reason to say "no one heard the call".Very few peop...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:18hrs | 2128 | by Staff reporter
Funding problems cripple ZimStat
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) says it is in dire need of millions of dollars in financial support to fund its surveys and cover other operational costs, businessdigest has learnt....Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 08:50hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Duty rebate on MPs' vehicle imports
The Commissioner may in respect of any used vehicle which is to be sold or otherwise disposed of, authorise the payment of a lesser amount of duty, taking into consideration the depreciation of such m...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 14:42hrs | 1024 | by Zimra
Concern over cargo clearing delays at Beitbridge border
TRANSPORTERS and customs clearing agents at Beitbridge Border Post have raised concern over delays in the movement of cargo following adoption of a new customs clearance procedure. Concerned c...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:23hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's security providing security cover and guard for Obasanjo
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has said it secretly arranged security details for visiting former Nigerian President Olesugun Obasanjo who was in the country for the launch of a book he co-...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 13:34hrs | 5491 | 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 | 1142 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa placed Obasanjo under surveillance during Zimbabwe visit
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has said it secretly arranged security details for visiting former Nigerian President Olesugun Obasanjo who was in the country for the launch of a book he...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:22hrs | 16482 | by Staff reporter
Sars on go-slow, border traffic affected
COMMERCIAL traffic arrivals from South Africa through Beitbridge continued trickling into the country as the strike by South African Revenue Services (Sars) workers and their affiliates entered its fi...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:10hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
Zimra staff defies Mohadi orders
BEITBRIDGE Customs and Excise officers over the weekend defied Vice-President Kembo Mohadi's instruction to vacate a bonded vehicle transit shed he operates together with some businessmen and move to ...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 22:12hrs | 1821 | by Staff reporter
Churches must pay tax
CHURCHES must comply with the laws of the land and must not be exempted from paying taxes for their commercial ventures.This was said by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches general secretary Reve...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 23:01hrs | 1807 | 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 | 1604 | by Staff reporter
It was a military coup, says Obasanjo
Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo says Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa seized power through a military coup that toppled his predecessor Robert Mugabe in 2017. This came yest...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:25hrs | 3319 | by Staff reporter
Zimra foils Biti's bid to smuggle books
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) yesterday foiled an attempt by MDC-Alliance deputy chairman Mr Tendai Biti to smuggle copies of his book, Democracy Works, without paying import duties. ...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 23:30hrs | 1417 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya tax case kicks off
THE tax trial of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries (PHD) church founded by self-proclaimed prophet Walter Magaya kicked off yesterday, with the church pleading not guilty to all four charge...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:25hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
SMEs sector to be taxed, says Zimra
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) will soon be incorporating the small to medium enterprises sector into the tax collection system in line with efforts to broaden the revenue collection base. ...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 10:24hrs | 894 | by Staff reporter
11 in court for smuggling
ELEVEN PEOPLE have appeared before a Mutare magistrate in connection with smuggling of goods from Mozambique following an incident in which a bus carrying more than 400 packs of Coca Cola drinks was i...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 06:51hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Government starts fuel bonuses
Government will now refund businesses for extra costs incurred in buying fuel at new prices that became effective on January 13, raising expectations that this might positively impact on prices, it ha...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 22:26hrs | 4060 | by Staff reporter
Zimra official mauled by dogs at Chinese factory
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) official was on Wednesday mauled by dogs at a Chinese-owned warehouse in Southerton during an operation to smoke out smuggling of goods into the country.Ac...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 21:23hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Companies to pay double tax in forex, defaulters face jail terms and fines
Companies trading in foreign currency that fail to remit Value Added Tax in foreign currency face stiff penalties that include double payment of arrears in hard currency, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authorit...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:52hrs | 937 | by Staff reporter
Jailed Zinara boss out on $5,000 bail
Former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) acting chief executive Moses Julius Juma, who was last October slapped with a two-year jail term for criminal abuse of office, breathed a sigh of ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:28hrs | 460 | 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 | 900 | by Staff reporter
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