By BUUMBA CHIMBULUTHE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has collected K394 million additional revenue after intercepting 1, 406 trucks with border discrepancies.The smuggling activities ranged from under valuations, misclassifications, document falsification, transit fraud and outright smuggling, according to the ZRA Corporate Communications Manager, Mr Topsy Sikalinda.Mr Sikalinda said if ZRA had not conducted anti-smuggling operations, Government would have lost this revenue.“For the period January to September 2021, ZRA collected K394 million additional revenue from anti-smuggling operations out of which K48 million was collected on Nakonde imports.“The smuggling activities ranged from under valuations, misclassifications, document falsification, transit fraud and outright smuggling,” Mr Sikalinda said in a statement.Mr Sikalinda has therefore advised clearing agents not to allow smugglers to use their names to stage protests against government revenue mobilisation efforts.He stressed that despite the reported planned protests by agents against ZRA and in particular the Commissioner General, anti-smuggling operations would continue until smuggling is fully defeated.Mr Sikalinda said […]
ZRA rakes in K394m from smugglers – warns clearing agents against illegal protests
