Month: March 2021 Posts

MRA yet to discipline officers implicated in recruitment scam

Mar 31, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) management is non-committal on when it will implement the Anti-Corruption Bureau's (ACB) directive to discipline its senior officers involved in a fraudulent recruitment of Revenue and Custom officers. The ACB… ...

MRA revamps kuiphula ndi lisiti langa campaign

Mar 03, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has resumed its Electronic Fiscal Devices (EFD) campaign branded ‘Kuiphula ndi lisiti langa' launched earlier this year in order to compel business proprietors in the country to remit value added… ...

Malawi Police officer arrested for inciting mob violence

Feb 10, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A Malawi Police officer has been arrested for mobilising the mob that stormed a Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) camp on Sunday. The officer has been identified as Zyulio Pondamali who works at Namitete Police Station.… ...

MRA offers K40,000 reward for reporting traders who do not issue receipts

Jan 06, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) through a promotion dubbed 'Kuiphula ndi lisiti langa campaign’ is offering an instant cash reward of K40,000 to members of the general public who shall be reporting traders who fail to… ...

MRA intercepts 146 bags of Chamba

Nov 20, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has intercepted 146 bags of Indian Hemp (Chamba) which were being transported in a 5-tonne lorry in Blantyre. Head of Corporate Affairs Steven Kapoloma said the lorry, registration MHG 4906, was… ...

MRA officers arrested over K12.5 million bribe

Nov 20, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested three Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) Tax Investigations Officers for receiving a K12.5 million bribe from a taxpayer. ACB Principal Public Relations Officer Egrita Ndala has identified the three as… ...

Finance Minister Felix Mlusu gives MRA K150 billion monthly target

Nov 17, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Finance Minister Felix Mlusu has given the revenue collection body, the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA), a K150 billion monthly collection target during the 2020/2021 fiscal year. Speaking to reporters in Blantyre on Monday after touring… ...

MRA collects over K4.65 billion through voluntary compliance window

Oct 21, 2020 Elijah Phompho - MEC Stringer 0 &

The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) says it has managed to collect about K4.65 billion during the voluntary compliance window the revenue body opened in April this year. The window is expected to be closed on… ...

I am not corrupt – Mkaka

Oct 20, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Eisenhower Mkaka has rejected claims that he benefitted from corrupt activities, saying he has never received a single kwacha through corruption. Mkaka made the remarks in a Facebook… ...

MRA accused of favouring Malawians of Asian origin on tax evasion

Oct 13, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has been accused of treating fairly Malawians of Asian origin suspected of tax evasion while indigenous Malawians are punished harshly. Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has made… ...

MRA says Mzuzu man committed customs offences

Sep 25, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) says the importer whose dead body was taken to Mzuzu MRA offices on Thursday committed customs offences hence his goods were seized but they have since been released. The importer… ...

Mourners take dead relative’s body to MRA offices

Sep 24, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Mourners on Thursday took the body of their relative to Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) offices in Mzuzu after the man died due to hypertension following misunderstandings with officials at the tax body. The man identified… ...

MRA boss confident of meeting K1.1 trillion target

Sep 22, 2020 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) Commissioner General John S Bizwick says he is confident the MRA will meet the K1.1 trillion revenue collection target for the 2020/21 budget. Bizwick said this on Monday when MRA staff… ...

Chilima assures MRA of no interference

Sep 02, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima has assured Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) that there will be no interference in its operations from the Tonse Alliance administration. Chilima made the assurance on Tuesday when he met MRA management.… ...

MRA seize Mukhito’s vehicles

Jul 30, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has today seized seven motor vehicles belonging to former Director of State Residences Peter Mukhito. MRA has announced in a statement that the vehicles have been seized for suspected tax… ...