TAX MATTERS: VAT on imported services

VALUE Added Tax (VAT) laws provide for collection of VAT on services imported by any person (individuals, registered operator or non-registered persons). The supplier of imported services must be a non-resident of Zimbabwe and the services should be consumed or utilised in Zimbabwe. VAT on imported services is a self-declaration by the recipient of services.
The term 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”.

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The key attributes are that the recipient of the services must be a resident of Zimbabwe who acquires services from a non-Zimbabwean resident (or from a Zimbabwean supplier who carries on business outside Zimbabwe) and those services are utilized or consumed in Zi

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