Month: January 2021 Posts

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… ...

CSOs form tax justice movement

Dec 16, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have formed a movement called Tax Justice aimed at monitoring use of taxpayer’s funds in the education sector where over one million children learn under trees. Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC)… ...

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… ...

Malawians want amended taxation bill assented soon

Oct 23, 2020 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

Malawians want President Lazarus Chakwera to assent to the taxation amendment bill sooner than later so that they can start enjoying its fruits this month. On Monday, parliament passed the act which will see the… ...

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… ...

Taxation Amendment Bill passes in Parliament

Oct 19, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Parliament has today passed the Taxation Amendment Bill which legalizes the increase of tax free band from K45,000 to K100,000. The increase of the tax band is effective October, 2020. The bill has also introduced… ...

Continued delay to implement K100,000 tax free band irks Malawians

Oct 15, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Tonse Alliance government has come under fire from Malawians  over the continued delay to implement the K100,000 tax free band. The implementation of the tax free band was one of the key campaign promises… ...

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… ...

K452 million in carbon tax collected in two months

Jan 29, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has collected K452 million in carbon tax since the tax was introduced two months ago. MRA told the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change on Tuesday that it… ...

MRA employee suspended over video disparaging taxpayers

Nov 28, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has suspended an employee for disparaging taxpayers in a video shared on social media. The tax collector did not name the staff member or where she is based. In  the… ...

MRA to start collecting carbon tax

Nov 23, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) will from Monday next week start collecting carbon tax on motor vehicles. The MRA announced this on Friday saying the tax will be paid annually when motor vehicle owners are… ...

Govt hailed for reversing decision on mobile money tax

Oct 10, 2019 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) has hailed Malawi Government for its decision to withdraw the proposed one percent withholding tax on non-bank mobile money transactions. In his budget statement last month, Finance Minister Joseph Mwanamvekha… ...