ZRA acts on fraudulent VAT import claims

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU FRADULENT VAT import claims will be easily spotted and dealt with using the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) enhanced interface of its Taxonline system.The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has enhanced the interface for its TaxOnline system to provide for auto population of import Value Added Tax (VAT) claims of the VAT return.The enhancement of the interface between TaxOnline system and AyscudaWorld is also meant to reduce the cost of doing business for the taxpayers when claiming import VAT. This reform will also mitigate incidences of fraudulent import VAT claims where in the past, some unscrupulous people have exploited this weakness to make VAT claims in duplicate and  use forged Customs documents, among other methods. This is according to the acting Corporate Communications Manager, Oliver Nzala.In this case, Mr Nzala said, instead of submitting manual Customs import documents to ZRA, taxpayers will use the data which is already in ZRA’s custody in the AsycudaWorld. “As a result of implementation of […]