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Finance
(l) the transfer of money from a medical aid society registered in
terms of the Medical Services Act to a medical service provider
in settlement of a claim for services rendered by that provider;
(m) the transfer of money in the form of insurance premiums—
(i) by insurance brokers to insurance companies; and
(ii) by insurance companies to reinsures, retrocessionanaires
and asset managers registered in terms of the Asset
Management Act [Chapter 24:26] (No. 16 of 2004);
(n) the transfer of money to producers, sellers or exporters of minerals
by the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe pursuant
to the Minerals Marketing Corporation Act [Chapter 21:04];
(o) the transfer of money to producers or sellers of gold by Fidelity
Printers and Refiners (Private) Limited;
(p) the transfer of money to a successor company of the Zimbabwe
Electricity Supply Authority (referred to in section 75 of the
Electricity Act [Chapter 3:09]) from a trust fund credited with
prepayments for electricity made by a mobile banking service
provider;
(q) the transfer of money by travel agents to airlines on the purchase
and administration of air tickets;
(r) the transfer of money involving a transaction other than one
mentioned in the foregoing paragraphs, if the value of transaction
is ten United States dollars or below”.
(2) The collection of intermediated money transfer tax in terms of Statutory
Instrument 205 of 2018 is hereby validated to the date of commencement of this Act.
PART III
Value Added Tax
Amendments to Value Added Tax Act [Chapter 23:12]
14 Amendment of section 2 of Cap. 23:12
With effect from the 1st January, 2019, section 2 (“Interpretation”) of the Value
Added Tax Act [Chapter 23:12] is amended by the repeal of the definition of “imported
services” and the substitution of—
““imported services” means a supply of services that is made by a supplier who
is not resident in Zimbabwe or carries on business outside Zimbabwe
to a recipient who is a resident of Zimbabwe to the extent that such
services are utilised or consumed in Zimbabwe;”.
15 Amendment of section 8 of Cap. 23:12
With effect from the 1st January, 2019, section 8 (“Time of supply”) of the Value
Added Tax Act [Chapter 23:12] is amended by the repeal of subsection (1) and the
substitution of—
“(1) For the purposes of this Act, a supply of goods or services shall, except
as is otherwise provided for in this Act, be deemed to take place—
(a) at the time an invoice is issued by the supplier or the recipient in respect
of that supply; or
(b) at the time any payment of consideration is received by the supplier
in respect of that supply; or
(c) in the case of a supply of a moveable good, at the time of its removal
from the place of sale; or
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