ZITAP Blog

Staff Writer - The fiscal contract suggests that the government and the governed are bound by the relationship of taxation. For the relationship to be healthy and achieve positive outcomes for both the government and the governed, it has to be based on consultation....

Staff Writer - The Zimbabwe Taxpayers Platform (ZITAP) is pleased to announce the official launch of the 2025 Tax Perceptions Survey, an important initiative designed to gather insights from citizens, businesses and stakeholders across the country.  The survey...

The Zimbabwe Taxpayers Platform (ZITAP) recently launched the Parliamentary Tax Watch program to monitor and influence tax legislative reform. MPs are increasing the pressure on the government to rethink Zimbabwe’s tax system, arguing that tax reforms for citizens and...

Zimbabwe needs a strong currency to improve its development prospects. This is the message that different experts have been repeating. The 2024 Economic Freedom Audit Report (ZEFA) highlighted that Zimbabwe’s economic competitiveness was being hampered by low scores...

Supporting the Zimbabwe Taxpayers Platform (ZITAP) and other reform-minded voices, the Members of Parliament (MPs) on August 19 called for urgent reform of the country’s tax policies. During a debate on the Mid-Term Budget Statement presented by the Minister of...

As Zimbabwe walks a fiscal tightrope with the government squeezing every dollar it can from taxpayers, revelations of failure to follow transparency procedures by the Treasury are worrying. The increasing lack of financial transparency by the Treasury calls for a...

Staff writer - The 2024 audit reports for public institutions were submitted to Minister Mthuli Ncube in June 2025. The Zimbabwe Taxpayers Platform (ZITAP) expresses worry about the growing number of institutions with qualified audits.The reports are posted here. The...

Staff Writer - The 2025 Mid-Year Budget and Economic Review presented to Parliament by Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube, on 31 July 2025, struck a positive note. While inflation and debt have occupied the media spotlight, the budget reveals the government's...

Staff Writer - Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister, Prof. Mthuli Ncube, presented the Mid-Term Fiscal Review in Parliament on Thursday, July 31, 2025, leaving tax reform calls unresolved. The contribution of non-tax revenue to Zimbabwe’s domestic resource mobilisation...

This document outlines the taxes currently applicable to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Zimbabwe, including details about the presumptive tax and other tax obligations. 1. Presumptive Tax Presumptive tax is a simplified quarterly tax based on estimated...

Introduction Zimbabwe’s beverages manufacturing giant, Delta Corporation, has lost its Constitutional Court challenge against additional tax assessments by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) amounting to USD 75 million on July 8, 2025.  This leaves the...

The Zimbabwe Taxpayer’s Platform (ZITAP), Zimbabwe’s leading tax justice network, recently engaged operators in the Micro-Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector on the ongoing taxation blitz. There is emerging consensus that the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority's (ZIMRA)...

This month the Minister of Finance Prof. Mthuli Ncube is expected to present the Mid-Term Budget Review amid calls for revising Zimbabwe’s tax regime.  The budget review is a key policy-making platform and an opportunity to review fiscal policies not working in...

The Zimbabwe Taxpayers’ Platform (ZITAP) hosted a dialogue platform in collaboration with the African Centre for Governance (ACG) on Zimbabwe’s multilateral debt restructuring process on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. The meeting received an update on the ongoing...

The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has launched a blitz cracking on the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) to register and pay taxes with an emphasis on income tax, Value Added Tax (VAT), and Pay As You Earn (PAYE). This operation started on July 1, 2025...