Zambia News

Zambia Decides To Keep VAT, Amend Tax For Miners In 2020 Budget

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Friday, October 4, 2019

Zambia announced that it will retain value-aded tax but strengthen its administration and make changes to the tax environment for mining companies in the 2020 Budget, released on September 27, 2019. Read Full Story

Zambia Delays VAT Again, Until September

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Friday, July 5, 2019

Zambia has once again pushed back implementation of a sales tax in place of value-added tax, to September 1, 2019. Read Full Story

Swiss Gov't Approves BEPS Multilateral Instrument

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, September 21, 2018

The Swiss Federal Council has approved an OECD multilateral convention designed to prevent BEPS-related abuse of the international tax treaty system. Read Full Story

Switzerland Adopts Dispatch On New DTAs

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, April 19, 2018

The Swiss Federal Council has adopted dispatches on a new double tax agreement with Zambia and a protocol to the current agreement with Ecuador. Read Full Story

African States Conclude Landmark Free Trade Deal

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

44 African countries have signed a landmark free trade pact to simplify tax and non-tax rules for trading between their borders. Read Full Story

All African States To Sign A Continental FTA In March

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Thursday, December 7, 2017

The United States Economic Commission for Africa says African countries are gearing up to sign the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement, with a key deadline this month being hit with an agreement among ministers. Read Full Story

Switzerland, Zambia Sign DTA

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Switzerland and Zambia have signed a new double taxation agreement which sets maximum withholding tax rates for dividends and interest. Read Full Story

Report Calls For Competitive Zambian Mining Tax Regime

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Chamber of Mines President Nathan Chishimba, in his foreword to a report on mining taxation and investment in Zambia, welcomed this year's change to the country's mineral royalty tax, but pointed out that the country "still has one of the highest effective tax rates compared to other copper-producing countries." Read Full Story

Tax Inspectors Without Borders Boosting Revenues For Developing States

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, November 25, 2016

More than USD260m in tax revenues has been generated through the Tax Inspectors Without Borders initiative since its launch in July last year, the OECD announced on November 22. Read Full Story