A dramatic showdown erupted at Parliament on Tuesday after MPs investigating rampant drug theft and the influx of falsified medicines ordered officials from the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) to leave a committee hearing, accusing the tax body of failing to take the inquiry seriously. The Parliamentary Committee on Health had summoned MRA Commissioner General Felix […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has awarded Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) licences to seven new operators, as part of efforts to facilitate legitimate trade and strengthen compliance with customs requirements. Speaking during an AEO Stakeholder Meeting in Blantyre, MRA Commissioner General Felix Tambulasi said the programme represents an important partnership between the Authority and the business […]
Malawi’s tax authority is being asked to raise almost the entirety of the country’s K10.978tn budget for 2026/27, more than a decade after international donors withdrew direct financial support to the government following one of the country’s largest corruption scandals. The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) once operated alongside donor funding that covered as much as […]
Malawi’s tax authority has been hailed as the “engine room of the nation” after raking in a jaw-dropping K1.40 trillion in tax revenue in a single quarter, as government officials unveiled an ambitious five-year strategy aimed at supercharging the country’s finances. Finance Minister Joseph Mwanamvekha officially launched the Malawi Revenue Authority’s (MRA) Corporate Strategic Plan […]
Malawi’s Finance Minister has called on the national tax collector to step up revenue generation, warning that the country must become self-reliant as foreign aid drops and public debt mounts. Speaking at the Lilongwe Inland Depot following an inspection of the Mchinji-Mwami Border, Finance, Economic Planning and Decentralization Minister Joseph Mwanamveka urged the Malawi Revenue […]
Malawi recorded a K349.9 billion fiscal surplus in June 2026, its first monthly surplus in more than a year, according to Reserve Bank of Malawi data — a development that comes as government prepares to rely more heavily on domestic tax revenue to fund public spending. Finance minister Joseph Mwanamvekha said Malawi’s government will increasingly […]
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) says recent investments in digital resilience and upgraded customs technology are beginning to reduce service interruptions and strengthen revenue collection, as the agency continues modernising its operations. Speaking this week, MRA director of information and communication technology Charles Fodya said the authority’s secondary data centre — which also functions as […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) director of legal affairs George Kadzipatike has voluntarily handed himself in to police at Area 30 in Lilongwe, after learning that officers had obtained a warrant for his arrest over alleged tax issues. Kadzipatike, a private practice lawyer and MP for Dowa Kasangazi Constituency, said he decided to present himself to […]
A top lawyer has blasted police and taxmen for launching a mob-handed raid on his offices – branding it a blatant attempt to shut him up. More than 20 police and Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) officers stormed lawyer George Kadzipatike’s offices in Lilongwe AND Mzuzu on Friday, seizing computers and client files in a shock […]
Dramatic scenes unfolded in Lilongwe after more than twenty police officers, armed to the teeth, descended on the offices of lawyer and opposition MP George Jivason Kadzipatike alongside officials from the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA), seizing clients’ files, laptops, mobile phones and computers in a sweeping raid. In a simultaneous operation, a further twenty […]
Malawi and South Africa have signed a new agreement designed to clamp down on customs fraud by allowing tax authorities in both countries to swap information electronically for the first time. The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) put pen to paper on an IT Connectivity Implementation Arrangement, a deal […]
The Malawi Revenue Authority has issued a stark warning over the country’s escalating smuggling crisis, revealing that porous borders and a booming army of motorcycle riders are seriously hampering efforts to crack down on illegal goods flooding into the country. MRA Head of Corporate Affairs Wilma Chalulu didn’t mince her words when laying bare the […]
Two years after the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) introduced Kalondola, the country’s digital tax stamp system has transformed excise tax collection, delivering billions in additional revenue and exposing previously hidden gaps in the market. But while the technology has strengthened government’s ability to track products and collect taxes, it has not completely defeated counterfeit goods […]
Malawi’s Revenue Authority (MRA) has been commended by a governance analyst after exceeding its first-quarter tax collection target, in a result seen as an early sign that a broader digital overhaul of the country’s tax system is beginning to pay off. The authority collected K1.398tn in the three months to June, against a target of […]
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) collected K1.398tn in tax revenue during the first quarter of the 2026/27 fiscal year, surpassing its target by K20bn in a sign that reforms introduced under commissioner general Felix Tambulasi are gaining traction. According to an internal update seen by this publication, the authority mobilised the funds between April and […]
Malawi’s long‑running struggle to raise sufficient domestic revenue has placed renewed attention on the institutions responsible for collecting it. This week, Malawi Revenue Authority Commissioner General Felix Kingstone Tambulasi met with the GIZ Malawi “PFEM – Tikuze Malawi” team to map out the next phase of a partnership aimed at tightening the country’s tax administration. […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) is still hoarding decorated personnel within its ranks who orchestrated the illegal recruitment of officers busted by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and others practising active partisan politics, Nyasa Times can reveal. In our follow-up on the matters, MRA management and board of directors clearly admitted to have grown a cold feet regarding implementing […]
The long-awaited commissioning of the Mchinji One Border Post will take place in June 2021, the Minister of Trade Sosten Gwengwe has confirmed the development in an interview with Nyasa Times. The project was delayed due to coronavirus disease (Covid-19) preventive restrictions, which, among others, prevented Anhui Foreign Economic Group from importing construction materials from China. […]