Two senior officers of Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) have been deployed to ministries of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and Trade and Industry. Agnes Katsonga Phiri, who was the commissioner responsible for customs and excise and has since been sent to Ministry of Trade and Industry. Director of tax investigations Henry Ngutwa has been reassigned to […]
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) officer at Jenda around midnight of Wednesday 3 September, 2014 intercepted a vehicle containing bags of money about K500 million (about $1.3m) after a shootout with the Mzuzu Standard bank robbers. MRA’s Deputy Director Corporate Affairs, Steven Kapoloma, said the vehicle, Ipsum registration number DZ 4039 silver in colour and […]
Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe has said Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) will start collecting taxes from those working in diplomatic missions. Gondwe said this on Tuesday in Parliament when he unpacked the 2014/15 zero-aid budget amounting to K729 billion which does not include budgetary support from donors. Announcing new revenue measures, turned his attention to […]
The High Court in Blantyre has dismissed fears by some VAT operators that the implementation of Electronic Fiscal Devices (EFDs)—an advanced version of an electronic cash register -will cause loss of businesses. The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) introduced EFDs in a bid to improve efficiency and effectiveness in the administration of value added tax (VAT)—a […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has attributed the delay in civil servants salary payment as one of the challenges affecting its efforts in collecting Pay as You Earn (PAYE) tax. For the past two months, government has been delaying in paying civil servants thereby delaying in remitting taxes to MRA. The revenue-collector revealed in its monthly […]
Concerned business people in the country have obtained a court injunction stopping the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) from implementing the newly introduced Electronic Fiscal Devices (EFDs) as a collecting mechanism of Value Added Tax (VAT). MRA introduced EFD in March which required that all VAT operators should buy EFDs from licensed distributors. The injunction comes […]
Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has criticised President Peter Mutharika dismissing innocent public servants for no crime other than the fact that they served in his predecessor’s government which raise serious human rights implications and threatens the integrity of the public service. The taxpayer-funded Commission said in a media statement signed by its chairperson Sophie […]
President Peter Mutharika has sacked Commissioner General of Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) John Biswick and his deputy Crispin Kulemeka who have been replaced by Ralph Kamoto and Rose Mbilizi – both from Chiradzulu, Nyasa Times understands. Biswick who had replaced now High Court Judge, Lloyd Muhara, circulated an email to senior staff on Wednesday and […]
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has disclosed that it collected over K185.6 billion (about $431m) since July 2013, beating its half year target by about 20 percent. The 2013/14 budget projected a total tax revenues for the fiscal year of K328.1 billion (about $763m). The December 2013 tax outturn, however, indicates that between July and […]
Blantyre Printing and Publishing (BP&P) the oldest print media house in Malawi, is at it again with the Malawi Revenue Authority(MRA) as the tax body is demanding K493 million accumulated through non payment of taxes. BP&P has several companies including Blantyre Newspapers Limited (or BNL Times Group) which publishes The Daily Times, Malawi News and The Sunday Times. […]
Gun-shot survivor former Ministry of Finance Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo would have been history by now, blame his courage to write back at the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) boss to probe 15 more companies which were suspected to be evasive in tax remittances, Nyasa Times can reveal. In an Intelligence Dossier, a Criminal Investigations Cops’ […]
The Grand Coalition, a team of civil society organizations demanding good governance from the current government has demanded gun-shot survivors, former budget director Paul Mphwiyo be charged with perjury, arguing that he lied on withheld information under oath. This comes after Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) contradicted some of the testimony Mphwiyo gave when he appeared […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) Commissioner General John Biziwick is under fire for irregular recruitment of some senior staff and the Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) has been asked to probe the matter. A letter from concerned employees to ACB and copied to various media houses said Biziwick single-handedly picked Henry Ngutwa as Director of Tax Investigation without […]
All is not well at Malawi’s tax collecting body where the Commissioner General John Biziwick is under fire for his management style and recruitment of ‘close’ relations. Since the arrival of Biziwick soon after the change of government in April last year, he has managed to bloat the number of managers to a whooping 85, […]
One of Malawi’s leading Transport Company Siku Transport has been relieved following the return of its vehicles that were impounded by public tax collector Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA). MRA seized about 97 vehicles from Siku over Millions of unpaid tax which was valued at K856 million (about US$2.1 million). It is reported that the court […]
Business has come to a standstill at SIKU Transport after the public tax collector, the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA), impounded close to 100 vehicles on Monday and Tuesday. The development follows the transport company’s failure to pay Value Added Tax (VAT) and Withholding Tax liabilities exceeding K856 million (about $2.1m). MRA officers accompanied by five armed camouflaged police […]
Former President Bingu wa Mutharika’s family has won the case against Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) which had wanted to collect duty on 41 vehicles Mutharika imported on free duty as part of his presidential benefits. Last year, MRA wrote late Mutharika’s brother, Peter, who is also Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader demanding customs duty on […]
Private investors in the country will now have to apply for consideration for duty and tax waivers through Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) which will consider the applications in line with existing tax laws and procedures. Minister of Finance Dr. Ken Lipenga said in a statement that investors, companies, institutions and individuals should note that his […]