Action Aid Zambia has welcomed the European Ombudsman ruling that the European Investment Bank (EIB) should reconsider its refusal to grant access to the findings of their investigation into alleged tax dodging by mining company Glencore’s Mopani subsidiary.
And Action Aid Zambia has called on Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) to put pressure on the EIB to share the information, as it is the responsibility of the Government of Zambia to investigate the issue fully in order to bring it to a conclusion.
Action Aid Zambia Economic Justice Project Officer Kryticous Nshindano has told Qfm News in a statement his organization welcomes the ruling and he hopes that the recommendation is adopted by the EIB so that results of the investigation into Glencore’s tax practices in Zambia will finally become public.
Mr. Nshindano says Government must also demonstrate to the Zambian people their resolve to urgently address the problem of illicit financial flows, with tax avoidance and evasion accounting for 75 per cent.
Mr. Nshindano says the revelation of the report findings will be useful in analyzing the relevance of tax policies and measures currently being used or indeed being proposed.
He says it is essential that all companies operating in Zambia pay their fair share of taxes, which has the power to help build a better future.
He explains that Tax has the power to build schools and educate children; the power to build roads and allow goods to travel; to provide medicines for better healthcare; the power to provide vital public services.
The government needs to move fast and act on this one. These multinational companies are reaping too much out of our beloved Zambia and they still go on to evade tax.
Supporting partners in the tax environment with computing capacities like Pcs and Network link to their established offices will support ZRA in its Tax efforts like we have seen with Tanzania Port Authority and Revenue Services in their Tancis administration
Having registered tax agents supported to have directly connected will reduce the asymmetry of information and help ZRA administer well
Tanzania successfully run through the ascuda world and implement Tancis which has proved very helpful and useful than the ascuda world plus plus
It was also good to see the navigation in the daily mail on the same today
its not only tax evasion but also avoidance like in US and UK
Edger make sure you sort out this mess. I’m employing you with serious reposibilities. I suggest you take a break on alcohol
@chela moche, good joke!
But tax collection is only one side of the equation. The other side is Government spending.
It is a waste of time improving revenue while millions of dollars are being wasted on Medical Tourism!
Or more cheap Vodka for Lungu!
Excellent ActionAid Zambia #taxpower will deliver the Zambia we want, thanks Patrick for leading the campaign and we must make this issue a key priority for the new President. Zambia and Africa is not poor, it is unacceptable to allow foreign companies to plunder our wealth when we dont destroy thier economies. Zambia does not aid but the cooperation of EIB and others to close the leaks so that we can develop the nation. This economic revolution being championed by ActionAid and others is in line with julius Malema’s call for Economic Freedom and a timely issue that demands public support by ALL africans.
Henry are you sure it is “foreign companies to plunder our wealth”???
Most of our “wealth” is being plundered by the thieves we have as a Government.
Why do you think the RDA was run from Satas bedroom???
Yes we want our money. Please ZRA do something to collect.
We can’t fail to benefit from this ruling that helps us find where we are losing out.
Creating Capacity with Tax agents will also be important as ZRA implements its a assycuda plus Supporting small often brief case tax agents with office location Computers and networks with seamless connection will help ZRA not on the internet café will boost its revenues in Customs and ensure efficiencies in tracking and settlement of documents
We have seen and reviewed Tancis and assycuda implementation pre and post and have actually confirmed Tancis as used in Singapore and other much better at interacting and document follow-up plus settlement with counter parties
The diagram in the daily mail is good but lacks certain features to reflect the tax environment
Work on tax avoidance cases also
ZRA and the Zambian government, its high time we started to move swiftly “katusensele”. You people you amaze me a lot, its only few weeks ago when we celebrated our 50th anniversary of independence but we seem to be very backward in terms of development. I can sight an example, I come with goods into the country through other countries, at the boarder with all my papers you direct me, me to this chap looking like a street kaponya so that I give papers to them there the ones to transact with you on my behalf. This is total rubbish, in the first place the goods are mine bearing my names and know what it is why referring me to another person .And you even call them “agents” this is disgusting, ridiculous. I strongly feel the owners must be given chance to represent themselves unless they…
ZRA you are the ones promoting bukabolala muma boarder you would even found goods ransacked and they say owner’s risk but they have charged you everything…pompwe. If it is a vehicle all my foot…even ka mirror would go. My question is ..if goods are in transit whose responsibility is it?? Who gets the tax paid?? Why charge the tax, we know those scruffy chaps you call agents they are from your tuntemba companies.This time when I come ni moto bane even the president will come down so that we give him a practical lesson.
ZRA IS CORRECT FOR ANY ITEMS IN SOME COUNTRIES ABOVE A CERTAIN VALUE NORMALLY 500 USD OR SO ,YOU USE SERVICES OF CLEARING AGENTS
ITS LIKE A STOCK EXCHANGE SYSTEM FOR SMOOTHNESS TRANSPARENCY AND QUICK SETTLEMENT
YOU CANNOT ALL PILE IN THE ZRA OFFICES IMAGINE THE ENTIRE BUSINESS MEN CAMPING AT ZRA
THE ONLY THING IS TO WORK THE TAX AND ENVIRONMENT IN PCS NETWORKS AND PERSONNEL WELL REGISTERRED AND AGREEING TO A PARTICULAR DRESS CODE AND STANDARD
THE CURRENT SYSTEM WILL REQUIRE A LOT OF CUSTOMISATION TO MEET THAT ENVIRONMENT NOT FROM THE CAFE PC
TAXES AND TAX STRUCTURE IS IMPORTANT TO ALSO UNDERSTAND IN CYCLE TO THE ECONOMIC CYCLE
IT WILL BE A FALLACY FOR ASTCUDA WORLD NOT TO HAVE COMMON REFERENCE FILEDS WITH OTHER REVENUE AUTHORITIES ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE IN A CUSTOM UNION AND IMPLEMENTING ONE STOP SHOP IN AN E CUSTOMS/TAX ENVIRONMENT IF THE TAX REVENUE COLLECTION IS TO BE UPPED IT HAS TO BE AGREED THIS SIDE AND THAT SIDE IN EXPORTS AND IMPORTS THEN DOCUMENTS PROCESSING IN THE SYSTEM MUST SIMPLE AND CLEAR
IT SHOULD BE THAT A CONTAINER FROM KCM CAN BE TRACED INTO TANZANIA PORT AUTHORITY OR DURBAN OR WAVIS USING THE ASYCUDA WITHOUT ANY PHYSICAL TOO MUCH SERACHING IN VALUE ND QUANTITIES AND PARTIES CLEARING
DOCUMENTS PROCESSING FROM DECLARATION TO RELEASE ORDER AND SETTLEMENT SHOULD BE SIMPLE AND NOT AN OVER NIGHT ACTIVITY WITH STATUS UPDATES MADE AVAILABLE TO CLEARING AGENTS WITHOUT WORKING INTO A ZRA SERVICE CENTRE TO EQUIRE BY WAY OF SMS OR E MAIL WITH TRANSFER OF CARGO ALSO MADE EASIER FOR ZRA AND THE CLIENTS TO FOLLOW AND AGREE TO MANAGE WITHIN THE CLEARING/MOVEMENT WINDOW UNTIL DESTINATION TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE BAR CODES TO CODE DECLARATIONS MAKING IT EASIER TO WORK