WE ARE REWARDING EVASION, SAYS MTHULI

The government
has admitted that companies in Zimbabwe make more money on the wrong side of
the law than when complying with it, exposing a regulatory system that punishes
honesty and rewards evasion — even as it vows to aggressively expand the tax
bas…

The government has admitted that companies in Zimbabwe make more money on the wrong side of the law than when complying with it, exposing a regulatory system that punishes honesty and rewards evasion — even as it vows to aggressively expand the tax base. Last week’s official announcement by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency that the informal sector has grown by 16,1 percentage points to