Findings of a Time Release Study (TRS) conducted at Songwe Border Station in April 2019 have just been published by the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA). MRA publicist Steven Kapoloma said the main objective of the study was to find out the average time taken for the clearance of goods from the time of entry into […]
For the past three months, the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has been conducting awareness meetings with employers and traders about obligations pertaining to Msonkho Online. Msonkho Online, an integrated tax administration system, is now in its pilot phase for all businesses registered with Blantyre Domestic Tax and Mzuzu Domestic Tax offices. After the two stations, […]
Management and staff at the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) have been commended for automating various tax services. MRA Board Chairperson Dr. Rex Harawa said this when he presided over the commemoration of International Customs Day held this week in Blantyre under the theme, ‘Customs Fostering Sustainability for People, Prosperity and the Planet’. Harawa said initiatives […]
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has donated 200 bags of maize flour weighing 25 kilogrammes each to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA). MRA’s Head of Corporate Affairs Steven Kapoloma said the flour has since been distributed to communities affected by hunger and floods in the country. “The maize flour was forfeited to Government […]
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has collected about MK600 million from both foreign and locally registered motor vehicles since its implementation of the carbon tax on November 25, 2019 but Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change has said there should be a review in the decision to exempt government vehicles from the levy, […]
A Democratic Progressive Party sympathiser has been given a job at Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) after he failed to perform as manager for Bingu National Stadium. A letter from secretary to Treasury, Cliff Chinunda says the government has appointed Eric Ning’ang’a as deputy director responsible for tax audit and investigations at the MRA. He has […]
Top revenue collecting body, the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has finally dismantled Mbirima border post in Chitipa following violent protests. The district’s concerned citizens have been staging violent protests to force MRA evacuate its staff from Mbirima Border Post where Malawi shares her boundary with Tanzania, accusing the government of quick at collecting revenue but […]
The Malawi government dispatched four senior cabinet ministers to the Northern region who had a roundtable dialogue meeting with businesses from Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Mzimba, Nkhatabay and Mzuzu City. The discussions took place on Saturday in Mzuzu revolving around several petitions that the businesses submitted to the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) in Chitipa, Karonga and […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) says all employees in the country will each have a taxpayer identification number (TPIN) to enable them monitor the status of their income tax remittance. In an interview with Nyasa Times, MRA Head of Corporate Affairs, Steven Kapoloma said the coming in of Msonkho Online, an integrated tax administration system, will […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) offices in Mzuzu remained closed on Friday after indigenous business operators in the city shut them down. The indigenous business people shut the MRA offices in the city in protest against alleged exorbitant taxes charged by the revenue collection body. This follows the lapse of an ultimatum the indigenous business operators […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) is urging employers who are paying domestic workers in excess of K45,000 register them at MRA as required by the Taxation Act by February 17, 2020. According to reports, once they register their employees, all employers whether corporates and entrepreneurs will be given a Taxpayer Identification Number (TPIN). This is the […]
The year 2020 will open more room of opportunities to ascertain tax collection by Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) as it says it will from 16th January start running the Msonkho Online system on a pilot phase. Publicist for the tax body, Steven Kapoloma says Msonkho Online is an integrated tax administration system that will provide organised […]
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) was part of the annual conference of Association of Business Journalists (ABJ) held from 20 to 21 December at Sunbird Nkopola in Mangochi, where the tax collector conducted training about new tax measures. Officially opening the conference, MRA’s Head of Corporate Affairs, Steven Kapoloma, hailed the cordial relationship that he […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) head of corporate affairs Steve Kapoloma said the two tax officials who sucked to their deaths when they drowned on Friday after they slipped off and fell into a waterfall while hiking part of Mulanje Mountain were buried on Sunday. Kapoloma identified the two officers as ICT officer Martin Jerenje and […]
Irate protesters in Karonga have battled with police, setting on fire a roadblock at Rukuru as traders protested against Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) roadblocks in the district. The protesters said they took the drastic action to burn the Rukuru roadblock and chase away police officers manning it because of the failure by MRA officials to […]
Tax collector, Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has called upon clearing and forwarding agents in the country to sustainably collaborate with the Authority and uphold the value of professionalism in their work in order to positively contribute to national economic growth. Speaking when he represented the Commissioner General in Mangochi during the 2019 Annual General Meeting […]
At this year’s Indigenous Customs Clearing and Forwarding Agents (ICCAFA) annual general meeting A held in Mangochi on Saturday, it was revealed that some Chinese and Indians are doing clearing business as a front for their fellow nationals. According to the revelations, these unscrupulous Chinese and Indian nationals approach the registered indigenous agents, claiming they […]
The World Customs Organisation (WCO) conducted a validation training of Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) for Malawian officials in Blantyre. The trainers from WCO were Pashupati Pandey and Thabo Pase. AEO is a voluntary certification programme aimed at serving compliant taxpayers by giving them priority treatment with the focus of achieving trade facilitation while at the […]