ZRA Covid 19 Tax Policy and other measures.pdf
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This document outlines tax policy and other measures implemented by the Zambia Revenue Authority in response to Covid-19. The Authority enacted several non-tax measures to promote social distancing and reduce virus transmission, including work rotations, encouraging unused leave, suspending non-essential travel, requiring masks and sanitation, and moving services online. Tax-related actions aimed to enhance local production and ease economic pressures. Excise duties were suspended on ethanol for sanitizers and medical supplies, as were export duties on mining concentrates and crocodile skins. VAT and customs exemptions applied to additional medical imports. Tax penalties and interest were waived to support cash flows. The related federal contract opportunity is a pre-solicitation notice from USAID for a potential activity to help Zambia improve domestic revenue mobilization in a manner that facilitates private sector growth and strengthens accountability between taxpayers and the government.
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ZRA COVID 19 TAX POLICY AND OTHER
MEASURES
ZAMBIA REVENUE AUTHORITY
Type of nation-wide measure put in place
Type of measure
Primary and secondary stated objective of the measure/Intended Impacts of the measure
NON TAX RELATED MEASURES
Social Distancing Work Reporting Rotations
To reduce the spread of the disease
Social Distancing Employees with annual leave days to take annual leave To reduce the spread of the disease
Suspension of non-essential foreign travel Suspension of foreign and local travel To reduce the spread of the disease
Wearing of face masks at all times Provision of facemasks, hand sanitizer and gloves to employees
To reduce the spread of the disease
Use of digital financial services Closure of Cosmopolitan and East Park Service Centres To reduce the spread of the disease
Social Distancing No Visitors into the Authority building To reduce the spread of the disease
Social Distancing Disinfection of external mail received at reception To reduce the spread of the disease
Social Distancing No Paper Internal Memos, Use Emails To reduce the spread of the disease
Contingent National budget for Covid - 19 ZRA Covid – 19 Budget To reduce the spread of the disease
Easing of Liquidity To alleviate the economic pressures associated with the Covid-19 induced liquidity challenges
To prevent liquidity constraints to financial institutions degenerating into a solvency problem
Easing of Liquidity To alleviate the economic pressures associated with the Covid-19 induced liquidity challenges
To prevent liquidity constraints to financial institutions degenerating into a solvency problem
Easing of Liquidity To alleviate the economic pressures associated with the Covid-19 induced liquidity challenges
To prevent liquidity constraints to financial institutions degenerating into a solvency problem
Easing of Liquidity Tapping into the Bank of Zambia’s K10 billion medium-term refinancing facility
To prevent liquidity constraints to financial institutions degenerating into a solvency problem
Building new and sustainable value chains
Establishment of a taskforce comprising representatives of South African owners of chain stores and the Zambia Association of Manufactures (ZAM)
To bring more Zambian products into the chain stores
TAX RELATED MEASURES
Excise Duty Suspension of excise duty on ethanol for use in alcohol-based sanitisers and other medical related commodities
To enhance local production of sanitizers and medicine
Tax policy - support consumption
VAT Suspension of provisions of SI 90 relating to claim of VAT on imported spare parts, lubricants and stationery
To ease pressure on companies
Measure to enhance business cash-flow
Export Duty Suspension of export duties on the export of concentrates in the mining sector
To ease pressure on sector
Other tax policy measure Export Duty Suspension of export duty on precious metals and crocodile skin To ease pressure on companies
Other tax policy measure All Tax types Waiver of Tax Penalties and Interest To support company cashflows affected by COVID-19, inter alia
Measure to enhance business cash-flow
VAT and Customs Duty
Suspension of customs duties and VAT on additional medical supplies used in the fight against Covid-19
Measure to support health system
Measure to support health system
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