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

Zambian 2017 Budget Targets Fiscal Consolidation
by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus
Friday, November 18, 2016
Zambia's 2017 Budget seeks to expand the taxpayer base by tackling non-compliance. Read Full Story
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