Finance
No. 1/2019
2019
“(a) in the case of a person other than a company, a trust or a pension
fund, at the specified percentage of each dollar of each of the
following parts of his or her taxable income from employment
earned in foreign currency—
(i) so much as does not exceed four thousand two hundred
United States dollars;
(ii) so much as exceeds four thousand two hundred United States
dollars but does not exceed eighteen thousand United States
dollars;
(iii) so much as exceeds eighteen thousand United States dollars
but does not exceed sixty thousand United States dollars;
(iv) so much as exceeds sixty thousand United States dollars but
does not exceed one hundred and twenty thousand United
States dollars;
(v) so much as exceeds one hundred and twenty thousand United
States dollars but does not exceed one hundred and eighty
thousand United States dollars;
(vi) so much as exceeds one hundred and eighty thousand United
States dollars but does not exceed two hundred and forty
thousand United States dollars;
(vii) so much as exceeds two hundred and forty thousand United
States dollars;”;
(b) by the insertion after paragraph (j) of the following paragraph—
“(k) in respect of amounts receivable by or on behalf of a satellite
broadcasting service domiciled outside Zimbabwe, or an
electronic commerce platform domiciled outside Zimbabwe,
that are deemed by virtue of section 12(6) and (7) of the Taxes
Act to be income derived from a source within Zimbabwe, at the
specified percentage of each United States dollar of that income.”.
3 Amendment of Schedule to Chapter I of Cap. 23:04
With effect from the year of assessment beginning on the 1st January, 2019, the
Schedule (“Credits and Rates of Income Tax”) to Chapter I of the Finance Act [Chapter
23:04]
is amended in Part II—
(a) by the repeal of the items relating to section 14(2)(a) and the substitution
of—
“Section
14(2)(a)(i)
14(2)(a)(ii)
14(2)(a)(iii)
14(2)(a)(iv)
14(2)(a)(v)
14(2)(a)(vi)
14(2)(a)(vi)
Specified percentage %
0
20
25
30
35
40
45”;
(b) by the insertion after the item relating to section 14(2)(j) of the following
item—
“14(2)(k)
Level of taxable income
Up to US$4 200
US$4 201 to US$18 000
US$18 001 to US$60 000
US$60 001 to US$120 000
US$120 001 to US$180 000
US$180 001 to US$240 000
US$240 001 and more
Income of foreign domiciled satellite broadcasting service or electronic
commerce platform deemed in terms of section 12(6) and (7) of the Taxes
Act to be income derived from a source within Zimbabwe ......................5%”.
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