THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) published its third-quarter revenue performance report recently. This coincided with cargo traffic clearance glitches at the busiest dryland port of entry in Southern Africa, Beitbridge Border Post, which were caused by upgrades that the tax collector is currently implementing at the crucial gateway to enhance service delivery. Our Features Editor Emmerson Njanjamangezi (EN), sat down with Zimra acting commissioner-general Rameck Masaire (RM), pictured, to learn more about how the changes will improve the situation at the border. Below are excerpts from the interview.
EN: What is the general overview of the authority’s performance in its endeavour to fulfill the overarching mandate of revenue collection and facilitation of trade and travel?
RM: Zimra is the fiscal policy foot soldier of the government. To that end, Zimra is fully implementing its mandate of ensuring maximum revenue collection for the government through its tax administration function, smooth facilitation of trade and travel through efficient and effective management of all the ports of entry
For instance, we did exceed our target for Q3 of 2021 by 18,62 percent of net revenue collections. The target set was $98,77 billion and $115,97 billion was collected.
From January to September 2021, Zimra has collected net revenue of $311,54 billion, which is 11,57 percent above the set target of $279,22 billion for the same period.
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