Tag archives: Malawi Revenue Authority
Malawi Customs in fire-fighting mode at Songwe border
Customs and Excise department has panicked to avert more chaos at the stand-off happening at Songwe border crossing in Karonga. The department has received backing from its mother body the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) whose commissioner general Thomas Malata has issued different statements bringing forth new ways of clearing goods at Songwe in a space […]
Malawi govt to completely waive off duty on vehicles bought by ministers and MPs
Minister of Finance Joseph Mwanamveka is planning amend the Regulations under the Customs and Excise (Tariffs) Order so that motor vehicles bought duty free by cabinet ministers and Members of Parliament be disposed of without payment of duty upon expiry of the term of office. He has since written to the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) […]
Malawi Songwe border chaos: Second hand car importers flag difficulties
Used car importers have weighed-in Songwe border crisis where they say the customs and excise department just changes the real prices used to buy cars for the sake of taxing them with higher border duty. Importers of Used Cars Association says every car that comes to be cleared at Songwe has its price increased by […]
Total chaos at Malawi Songwe border after arrests of clearing agents
Drama and complete chaos has reigned at Malawi’s major northern border crossing of Songwe after the Department of Customs and Excise, under Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA), recently arrested 9 customs clearing agents for fraud. The agents at the border are now demanding the arrest of customs officials who they accuse of corruption by openly soliciting […]
Construction of Mchinji one-stop border post takes shape
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) says construction of the much-awaited Mchinji One Stop Border Post has now taken shape and the contractor will be handing over the facility to government before the end of 2020. Head of Corporate Affairs Unit at MRA, Steve Kapoloma said on Monday in response to a question on whether the […]
MRA says 300 tax defaulters utilize Voluntary Compliance Window
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) call for tax payers to utilise the Voluntary Compliance Window (VCW) is receiving a positive response since the window was opened three weeks ago. MRA opened a six months VCW from April 8th to 31st October 2020 to allow non-compliant taxpayers to settle their tax obligations without paying penalties, interest or […]
Malawi Revenue Authority arrests 9 clearing agents for forging invoices
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has arrested nine Customs Clearing Agents and an importer for allegedly forging invoices to fraudulently clear motor vehicles at Songwe Border Post in Karonga. Mzuzu Magistrate Court has since granted bail to the arrested individuals but investigations are continuing and more arrests are imminent. The arrested Customs Clearing Agents are suspected […]
Malawi tax defaulters get 6 months compliance window – MRA
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) will give tax defaulters an opportunity to pay their taxes under the Voluntary Compliance Window (VCW)for a period of six months targeting business operators and all members of the community. The VCW is meant to allow taxpayers with arrears and those who have not been tax compliant to settle their tax obligations […]
YAS backs ACB for halting dubious recruitment at MRA: ‘Malawi is not DPP farm’
Mzuzu-based governance and human rights watchdog, Youth and Society (YAS), has commended the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for stopping the dubious recruitment of revenue and customs officers at Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and called upon the tax collection body not to turn into a ‘camp-site’ for the governing Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP). MRA wanted to […]
ACB stops Malawi Revenue Authority from giving jobs to DPP cadres: Dubious recruitment
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) recruitment process has been hated by the country’s graft-busting body Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) after a whistle-blower reported that jobs were being given suspiciously to some ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) operatives without formal interviews. Already, the public tax collector has a number of its staff appointed through similar dubious means. […]
MRA demands ‘harder whipping’ of the smuggling police officer Namacha
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has demanded a ‘harder whipping’ of a female police officer Lexa Mkanda-Namacha for breaking the law on anti-smuggling thereby denying the government resources needed for various development projects. Mkanda-Namacha was recently was found with smuggled goods at her home in Nsungwi in Lilongwe’s Area 25 after court martials and her fellow law enforcers raided her […]
Mbilizi in housing scam: Officers at MRA offer each other houses at K30m each
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) deputy commissioner general Roza Mbilizi and some officers connected to the Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP) have offered each other institutional houses to buy at K30 million each. Nyasa Times can reveal that Mbilizi had a meeting with the other MRA officers connected to DPP who included MRA director of finance […]
Female cop caught smuggling, loses K0.5m worth of products in raid
Court martials in conjunction with the police officers raided the house of a female law enforcer, Lexa Mkanda-Namacha, at Nsungwe in Lilongwe’s Area 25 where they impounded goods worth over K500 000. This has prompted Kanengo Police Station in Lilongwe to institute investigations to establish why a law enforcer could engage herself in smuggling and trading in […]
Chief Kameme bemoans shutdown of Chitipa MRA checkpoint
Some residents of Karonga and Chitipa districts, including Senior Chief Kameme, have bemoaned the the closure of the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) checkpoint at Mbirima in Chitipa saying it has resulted in the influx of so many illegal products that are detrimental to their lives. The residents said this during meetings held by some civil […]
Malawi Revenue Authority gears to fight smuggling
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) says it is aware that there are some people who are smuggling goods into Malawi using bicycle operators and canoes saying the tax collecting body will soon pounce on them and brought to book. Head of Corporate Affairs at MRA Steven Kapoloma was reacting to reports that some people are smuggling […]
Minister Bagus stops Malawi Revenue Authority to authorize beer smuggling
Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism Salim Bagus has moved in to stop attempts by the country’s revenue collection body – the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) – to authorize smuggling of foreign beer into the country. Bagus this morning instructed the ministry’s Principal Secretary (PS), Dr. Ken Ndala, to stop MRA from implementing the waiver, […]
MRA to procure drones to support enforcement, intelligence gathering
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) says it will be procuring drones to support enforcement and various interventions the tax collecting body is carrying out against smuggling of various items into the country using uncharted routes. MRA Director of Corporate Affairs, Steven Kapoloma said the drones, to be used to detect smugglers, will also help them in […]