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Understanding: Withholding Tax in Zimbabwe

Fabio Scala by Fabio Scala
November 12, 2018
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Withholding tax (WHT), also known as retention tax, is an effective tool to combat tax evasion and facilitate easy collection of tax in Zimbabwe.

It is a government requirement for the payer of income to withhold or deduct tax from the payment (income) accruing to the payee, and remit that tax to Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA). The withholding collection mechanism is operated in such a way that it is the payer not the payee, who pays the tax to ZIMRA thus WHT is deducted at source, the payee receives the net of income after tax.

Income which has suffered withholding tax is not subject to further taxation. WHT is charged on employment income, payments of interest, dividends, shareholder’s tax securities and royalties, this applies to both residents and non-residents of Zimbabwe.

A registered business operator, government of quasi government which is supplied with goods or services on a contract entered by it with a person who does not hold a valid tax clearance certificate must withhold 10% of the contract value for each contract payment with the value of $250 or more. However, a payee who holds a tax clearance ITF 263 is exempted from such tax. A tax clearance is only issued to tax payers who have no income tax, Vat and PAYE arrears.

Financial institutions are required to withhold 20% tax from interest paid to a Zimbabwean source on any loans or deposits to a person who is ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe. With effect from 1st January 2009, there is a tax free portion of USD$250 per month on interest accruing on any deposit with a financial institution including interest on banker’s acceptances and other discounted instruments to a taxpayer aged 55 years and above.

Interest paid from a source within Zimbabwe or payable by a person who is ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe to a non – resident is charged withholding tax at 10%. Exemptions to this tax are POSB, Tax Reserve certificates, 4% Government six years’ bonds, Building Society Class C shares and interest earned on foreign currency denominated account.

Dividends from Zimbabwean resident companies which are distributed to local individuals, trusts, and partnerships are taxed 20% and if they are distributed by a company quoted on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, the rate is 15%. No tax is withheld on dividends distributed by one Zimbabwean resident company to another.

Withholding tax at the rate of 20% is charged on fees paid to non residents in respect of technical, managerial, administrative or consultative services including director’s fees.

 Withholding tax at the rate of 20% is charged on royalties paid to non-residents for the use of patent, trademark, formulae, equipment, motion picture film. Licenced investors are exempt.

Section 22 Withholding tax on Capital Gains stipulates that, withholding tax at the rate of 10% of the sale price of the specified asset and is payable to ZIMRA. The tax deducted is credited against capital gains tax payable.

Non-resident shareholder’s tax on dividends is at a rate of 20%, NRST is deductible from dividends distributed by Zimbabwean companies including private business corporations to non-residents. The rate is 15% on dividends distributed by companies listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.

Withholding tax can be final or non-final, when it is final no further tax or return is required from a payee. WHT is final on dividend and on interest from local financial institutions. It is non final on fees and royalties’ payable to non-residents. In non-final WHT, a nonresident can opt to submit a tax return to ZIMRA on the Zimbabwean sourced income. The non-resident can be able to claim the expenses in the production of the sourced income. The rate applicable shall be the corporate tax rate. The payer can then claim the tax withheld as credit against income tax chargeable.

WHT enables ZIMRA to achieve easy collection of revenue by collecting tax from a reasonable and manageable number of payers who are already registered for other revenue heads rather than a much greater number of payees as most of them are outside the statutory registration requirement.

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Fabio Scala

Fabio Scala

Fabio Scala is a director at BNI Bank in Mozambique, an institution he helped to create and served from 2010 to 2014. In his interval from BNI, he served in a UK family office for 5 years expanding its equity portfolio in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa. He is also a board member of Uhusiano Capital, a boutique investment firm focused in impact investment projects in Southern Africa. Prior to his African experience, Fabio has worked in the US, Portugal and Brazil where he started his career at Caixa Economica Federal - the country’s largest state bank.

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