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The Transformation Alliance (TA) has said alliance between the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) means UDF...
You compared the PAYE tax rate with those countries but did you compare the salaries of civil servants in those countries with Malawi? The prices of goods in those countries compared to Malawi are low. Low salaries and high prices of goods is what makes life unbearable in Malawi hence, people feel you take a big chunk of their salaries in taxes.
This man is simply stupid. Should we really be bench marking with failed states like Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Zambia? Tax in Malawi is the highest, even matumbo are taxed. Not that I complain of being taxed, nix. But my contention is that nobody sees where that tax is being used for. To say the truth, I think those who evade paying tax are not exactly wrong.
Mr kapoloma this is malawi its not those countries,, malawi is worse,,everything is tax soda, mchere, machesi, ngakhale mpani wambewa is tax,,,somebody getting 100, 0000 is paying close to 30, 000 as tax but that does not end there you go to buy mchere there is tax even water tax as if we are importing it,,MRA is a shame
This guy must be very stupid, taxes on everything including water and now u want to go to churches
Compare the economies of the mentioned countries with Malawi.
People do not have problems with high taxes rather we have a very big problem with how our taxes are being used. We pay taxes to keep govt administration moving forward, closing the gap that exist between the rich and poor, by providing necessities like drugs in our hospitals. We simply pay taxes to develop our Nation-Malawi not otherwise. Compare like with like Mr Kapoloma. It could be wise if you could talk also about GDP per capita of such countries. Do the people live on US$1/day or more? We pay 15%+30% on PAYE and 16.5% on consumables=61.5%. Simple arithmetic… Read more »