Blantyre and Lilongwe has hosted four sensitization meetings between the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and some selected Value Added Tax (VAT) Withholding agents. In his inaugural national budget statement recently presented to Parliament, Minister of Finance Joseph Mwanamvekha said, in the current financial year 2019/2020, the Ministry of Finance in collaboration with MRA will ensure […]
The commitment made by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning that more people in the country will be made aware of their national duty to pay tax and how to do so has gone full scale as the tax collecting body, Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA), is directly meeting with individuals and trade groups from […]
Malawi government has commended S.F International for fulfilling all tax obligations for the period of 2018/2019 to Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) which means they have done so for three consecutive years. This follows another success story in 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 periods where the company also led by example by passing the tax compliance to MRA. […]
With Malawi continuing to rely on taxes to finance the national budget, the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) is conducting awareness activities for community leaders and chiefs in the country. Two taxation workshops were organised for chiefs in Traditional Authority (TA) Katuli area in Mangochi. The main objective of the workshops was to rally support from […]
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services, Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and the Police have started running joint security operations exercises. The development follows weeks of strategizing on how best the three bodies can can work together to enhance security along the district’s borders while minimising entry of undocumented person and cutting out smuggling in […]
Barely a week after the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Joseph Mwanamvekha, committed of more tax enforcements to safeguard government revenues, two Chinese traders have been arrested in Blantyre for tax evasion offences. According to the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) the two are Jiang Peng of United Manufacturing Company Limited and Yuan Chenggang of Herocean […]
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and the Immigration and Citizenship Services have joined forces by signing a Memorundum of Understanding (MoU) that will be enabling the two government agencies to effectively ensure that all foreigners working in the country are complying with the requirements of the respective entities. With MoU on the integration of E-payment […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) destroyed 910 cases of counterfeit Chibuku Super beers the authority had earlier seized from smugglers around Lilongwe City. The fake beers, which were valued at K3 million, were imported from Zambia in contravention of the Sections 135 and 147 of the Customs and Excise Act of Malawi. The MRA officials disclosed […]
Chibuku Products Limited (CPL) and Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) Friday destroyed 910 cases of Chibuku beer worth K3 million which the latter confiscated from traders who smuggled it from neighbouring Zambia. Speaking during the destruction ceremony at Chibuku company premises in Lilongwe, CPL Country Manager Kon Scohtlz hailed the revenue collection body for its tough […]
The High Court in Blantyre has granted an injunction to the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and two other companies who sought relief to restrict Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) from conducting protests at airports and borders on August 26 to 30 Judge Jack Nriva granted the injunction stopping the holding of the demonstrations […]
Tax collecting body Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) is set to apply to the High Court for an injunction to restrict the highly anticipated August 26 to 30 airport and border demonstrations which are being organized by the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC). The demonstrations are aimed at forcing the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson Jane […]
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has descended on the lawyers representing opposition leaders who are challenging results of the presidential election, claiming that they were rigged in favour of President Peter Mutharika who was declared winner with 38 percent. Nyasa Times understand that MRA has started auding the lawyers representing the opposition and one of […]
Castel Malawi Limited, formerly Carlsberg Malawi Limited, is at risk of closure due to continued decline in sales volume, turnover and heavy excise tax rate. This was announced by Castel Malawi Managing Director Herve Milhade in a memo on Monday, June 17 to its members of staff. Milhade said over the past few years, Castel […]
UTM Party presidential candidate Saulos Chilima has said Malawi will be great country when people remove the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) from power in the May 21 Tripartite Elections, accusing the current administration of suffocating Malawians from getting quality life due to wrongful enrichment. The UTM presidential hopeful, who is also State vice-president, said […]
A container—with t-shirts, caps and golf shirts— that some Malawi Congress Party (MCP) die-hards protested for its release at Malawi Revenue Authority’s (MRA) Kanengo warehouse in the capital Lilongwe has reportedly been “seized” after a plot by the former main opposition “to evade duty” was foiled, Nyasa Times understands. On Friday, spirited MCP supporters took to […]
A Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporter identified as Kate Hussein is battling for her life at Dae Yang Luke Hospital, where she is admitted after riot police in Lilongwe apparently left a teargas cannister to explode in her clothes. MCP deputy publicity secretary Ezekiel Ching’oma has confirmed the incident, saying victim was among a group […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has touted the impact that e-tax payment has brought by improving efficiencies in revenue administration and easing the task of paying taxes despite some challenges faced. MRA Head of Corporate Affairs, Steve Kapoloma said MRA has so far collected 75 percent of the revenue through e-payment. “Malawians seem to have embraced […]
UTM Party presidential candidate Saulos Chilima has given more details on how the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is systematically abusing and plundering state resources at Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) to fund DPP election campaign. Speaking in Neno on Wednesday, Chilima told the record crowd that attended the political […]