There was a near riot at Ngwenya market in Mpulungu yesterday after marketeers and traders defied fisheries officers from the fisheries department who attempted to begin implementing the new fisheries act, which has seen revised fisheries license fees and charges. The government have increased the licence fees for all commercial fishermen to K5 000 000 per fishing boat per year from the K300 000 they paid last year.
Meanwhile fishermen and traders in Mpulungu have maintained that they will not be part and parcel of the new fish charges and fees which they are being asked to pay by the fisheries department because they are too high and abnormal.
Fisheries officers who raided Ngwenya market in an effort to start implementing the revised fisheries act were met with force until they called for police officers who also failed to change the fishermen’s stance.
Fisheries officers were forced to retreat to their offices after they failed to negotiate with the uncompromising fishermen.
The fishermen and traders later ganged up and descended on the office of district commissioner Willie Simfukwe and demanded to seek audience with him to sort out the issue.
Addressing the irate fishermen, district commissioner Willie Simfukwe said the fisheries act is a statutory instrument which has been passed into law by parliament and can only be revised if it is sent back to the national assembly.
Simfukwe said the act was earlier suspended by former agriculture and cooperatives minister Sara sayifwanda after complaints from fishermen in Mpulungu who stated that the new fees in the act were unmanageable.
He said even president Rupiah Banda confirmed the suspension at a public rally in Mpulungu during the election campaigns to pave way for consultations before its implementation.
Simfukwe however said the fisheries department has ignored theses pronouncements and have gone ahead to implement the act in Mpulungu. He appealed to government through the permanent secretary in the ministry of agriculture and cooperatives to urgently address the issue saying it is painting a bad picture on government.
Simfukwe said the implementing of the act is a sensitive issue which can easily ignite chaos from the people in the area because most of them depend on fishing for their livelihood.
He however appealed to fishermen to be calm as the issue is being sorted out and warned the fishermen and traders against taking the law into their own hands.
But the irate traders and fishermen said they will not compromise with the fisheries department and pay the new fees because the fees are too high.
In an interview later, Ngwenya market committee chairman Webby Sichilima said it will be difficult to guarantee the safety of fisheries officers who will be sent to implement the act at the market because traders and fishermen at Ngwenya market are agitated.
Sichilima warned that the mood at Ngwenya market is currently tense and appealed to the relevant authorities to urgently find a lasting solution to the matter.
And some fisheries officers involved in revenue collection have voiced their concerns on the matter saying their work has become extremely difficult to carry out.
The officers who sort anonymity for fear of reprimand said they are no longer free to collect revenue from fish and kapenta on behalf of the government of the republic of Zambia because of the oppositions and threats they are encountering from the traders.
They complained that some traders are asking them to build their own markets and collect revenue from there because Ngwenya market belongs to the walamo committee under the senior chief Tafuna of the Lungu people of Mpulungu.
Last month, during a meeting held at the fisheries training centre in Mpulungu, fishermen and traders booed and jeered at fisheries officers who had traveled from Kasama to address them.
The meeting which was attended by over 60 fishermen, local councilors, marketers and traders and government officials from the fisheries department had to be cut short without reaching an agreement after some fishermen walked out and demanded to have an audience with the new agriculture and cooperatives minister and the director of fisheries claiming the officers from Kasama were too junior to address their plight.
Outlining the new fees then, principal fisheries technician john Mtonga told the fishermen that government had approved a new statutory instrument where fishing license fees and other charges have been revised.
Mtonga told the gathering that starting 16th may, 2008, all commercial fishermen in Mpulungu will be required to pay K5 000 000 per fishing boat per year from the K300 000 they paid last year.
In nsumbu, commercial fishermen will be charged K2, 499 000m per boat per year, an increment from the K300 000 per boat last year.
According to the revised fees, license fee for ring net boats have been apt from K100 000 to K1, 980 000 per boat per year.
Mtonga who told the fishermen that he was only carrying out his duty said people in the ornamental fishing business will be required to part away with K5 000 000m to obtain a license an increment from the K300 000 they spent to get one last year.
He said each ornamental fish caught from Lake Tanganyika for export to other countries will now cost K900 from K20.
For small fishing boats owned by peasant fishermen, the K11 000 they used to pay per boat every year has now been hiked to K99 800.
Mtonga said people using angling (Indobo), will now be charged K19 800 per month from K2000 last year.
He pointed out that the above fees among other charges took effect on 16th May, 2008, saying his job in Mpulungu was only to collect views and complaints which he was going to forward to the ministry in Lusaka for possible action.
But the angry fishermen, some talking on top of their voices, complained that the revised fees were too high and unjustified.
MPULUNGU 18/12/08/ZANIS.
Nambala 1
What an increase! I think its outrageous
nambala 2
# 2?
Nati Nambala # 1
“The government have increased the licence fees for all commercial fishermen to K5 000 000m per fishing boat per year from the K300 000 they paid last year.”
If that figure is correct, then I don’t know where we are heading to!!!!! God save this country
They voted for this Govt themselves and now the Govt is saying thank you very much. K300,000 to 5,000,000 kupena. And what is just the reason for that? RB uui puba, ubu bi kikara
Simfukwe said the act was earlier suspended by former agriculture and cooperatives minister Sara sayifwanda after complaints from fishermen in Mpulungu who stated that the new fees in the act were unmanageable.
He said even president Rupiah Banda confirmed the suspension at a public rally in Mpulungu during the election campaigns to pave way for consultations before its implementation.
Another broken promise by RB. Is anybody counting how many campaign promises RB has broken in less than 100 days of his presidency?
But then how much profit do they make from the venture? These people make a lot of money and they are the same fishermen who will deplete fish from the lake and start crying of poverty.
He said even president Rupiah Banda confirmed the suspension at a public rally in Mpulungu during the election campaigns to pave way for consultations before its implementation.
Another broken promise by RB. Is anybody counting how many campaign promises RB has broken in less than 100 days of his presidency? This man is on a serious move to break every campaign ever made to the people. The only promise he has kept is giving jobs to his recycled friends.
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Guys only Chi Golyati has had his promise fulfilled by Nyama Soya.
Golyati I know you are still on the minibus going for work in Mumbwa.
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You will see that there are phones in this world which use power wemututtu iwe. They are not fax machines but house phones. I will post the crap you were saying on here for everyone to see that cacine you live kumushi.
Chi Rurul Bastard (RB) chabufi, he refused to approve the fees during campaign but now that hes at state house the fees will be implemented.One Zambia one nation twasangwako uno mukulu
Muleposhako abanenu first. Nati good morning.
Is this the way they are to raise revenue to fund their salaries….over-taxing the poor fisherman and worker only to line up their pockets?? Shame on these people!!
This is too much. His RB OK?? Am questioning his economics .He reduce and Increase fees above or below 100%. His he OK up stares? Fishermen now to pay above 500%. This is abnormal.@-)
This people voted for RB, viva sata
This Govt lacks common sense this is 100% business tax on small business people, The people show defy this system which has no respect for it’s people
Bushe people, where are we going with these people? The sentiments being expressed around the country are quite scary…people’s tempers are flaring and these people keep on acting as if all is well.
RB needs money to pay his ministers. Don’t forget that he has agreed to increase the salaries.
Prepare yourselves for very expensive Buka fish.
ALALE KABILI. FISH IS GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE
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Greetings in christ Name,To those of you who slept how was your sleep?To those who did not sleep for various reason how are you? Matworld is great today,and he’s in his ever good mood.
My prayer for us all on this site is that today will be a great day for each one of us,no impersonating each other,no attacking each other,no Valgar languege,but let us all enjoy the blessing of using this site that has brought us together from all different parts of the world.
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Morning ba moze,martworld, Nine chile,and the rest.Ihope my day will be different from yestarday.anyway the increase is too much,but thats how our govt works.
Contd!
I Know there are pipo who don’t like me,but to tell you the truth and this truth is coming from deep down my heart,I love you all with Christ like love.You really mean alot to me you Guys.I have no friends Here in south Africa,My brother and his family are in Capetown for a holiday,so am Home alone,but thanks to you guys for all the support and your contributions on this site.
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Abnormal increase, these lunatics have just gone too far…
Yeah, thats what you get for voting 4 them. :d/
next will be market fees, then UNZA fees, then TAXES YES TAXES.
There is somthing wrong with our government K5,000,000 from K300,000 this is way too much in other ways they are asking the fishermen not to be paying the gover including the K300 pin they use to pay gover. Who can honestly start paying such an amount?? One would wonder how they were coming up with such figures. Company trading licences from K135,000 to K1,000,000 personally I have stoped renewing my trading licence I will be trading iligally that’s what they want.:-w
I n I greet you all in the name of His Imperial Majesty. Matworld(BAZ chairman), respect to you mon, keep them positive vibes coming, Real Baby C, jah bless you African queen.
Pipo
Tekanyeni tapalati,
Rumour has it that the same govt wants to replace the current passport with the Green ones,at a very higher fee,Imagine from K72pin to K300+ pin.So all these Hikes are for their benefits. Honestly how do you increase some thing over 100%? Awe MMD mwatisiliza Mpanvu,AWE ba MMD MWATUPWISHA AMAKA. #:-s#:-s#:-s#:-s#:-s
Real Baby C
Alaa, kanshi uli kuno? I have been looking for you. How are you dear? Dont worry about these fake chaps.
Awe nsomba iyi izadula bad.
Jah Man!
Haile Bratha mon Am positive yeh mon just disapointed with dis babylonians in the govt.How I’n’I wish H.I.M was around at dis aiwa to chant down dis Babylonians.
Real Baby C
good to hear that you are in a good mood today.
Matworld is ever great thank you for your concern my dear.
Can someone explain to me why working Zambians who pay taxes do not get personal tax refunds annually taking into consideration the expenses they incur such as tuition,giving to charity,mortgages,Day care/nanny expenses,Child credits,medical expenses for those who do not have health insurance etc. We get our tax refunds here annually and it’s the same taxes we pay infact in Zambia it’s even higher. Can somebody help me understand why the Zambian workers do not get this priveledge. God bless Zambia.
#32 Matworld . Yah man, still still Selasie I liveth in I n I, make we chant down them babylonians and them bomboclat bloodclat isms.
How do you expect them to accept to pay such a fee when the so called ‘fishing deport’ is a mess and they have seen no improvement when they paid 300 000. Seems the 500 000 will just go to someone’s pocket as well.
New Zambia
Personal tax what??? You must be joking my friend. People cant afford to have three meals a day and you are talking of tax fimo fimo? Iyeeeee.
no.25 Matworld-Nice Guy
‘home alone’ ka?are you on facebook? 8->
Please LT don’t start censoring my contributions early in the morning. Help the people to be free to express their thoughts. RB is not a god; he is answerable to the people who elected him. If he messes up, he has to be challenged.
That is the reason why local authorities, departmental staff, ministry personnel need to have better education that Grade 4.
How can you make such an increase? that is like spoiling your economy deliberately. What percentage is the increase from 300,000 to 5,000,000? That comes to about 1,670% and surely is that rational? Not at all – 1,670 percent? unacceptable.
This is the calibre of authorities that Chiluba and his team left in 2001. Sad!
# 37, i guess you do not understand the concept of tax refunds and i don’t blame you, i didn’t too until i came to the USA i was really suprised that the employed can get this benefit. For example if you get a salary of $60,000 annualy and you paid between $15,000 to $18,000 in taxes in 2008. You have to file your tax returns in January latest by April 15th, meaning you file a tax return form which indicates how much you paid in federal and State taxes. How much you contributed to Medicaid and Social Security . Then you can itemise your expenses based upon what the law qualifies. Let’s say you paid $10,000 in tuition, $7,000 in day care,$15,000 in mortgage etc Your total qualified expenses
Ba moze, good morning to you. Matworld, Jah man, Real Baby C, Evelyn King and bloggers, good to know you are on this one too. I greet you all and may today bring blessings in urbandance
Don Corleon
Home alone sure ayi! Yes Iam on facebook
Kasai Kanko
Thnak my dear,May God bless you too.
Ah this ka country somewhere in the indian ocean has always got big problems apparently due to poor leadership
contd are $37,000 for 2008, so you subtract 37,000 from 60,000 which leaves you with an income of $23,000. According to the USA govt you were only supposed to be taxed on the $23,000 and not on the whole $60,000. So once you file your tax returns the US govt pays you back the difference of between $10,000 to $12,000 or more depending on the qualified expenses and your income in about 2 weeks to a month. It’s a benefit and i was just wondering why our Government doesn’t do that because the Zambian workers spend a lot on qualified expenses so they need part of their taxes refunded. Anybody with an answer out there?
Kasai
Hi my friend. thanks for the message. same to you.
New ZambiaI guess you are right. Frankly speaking, that concept sounds like french to me.
Government should be retaining some of the huge revenue they collect from boarder towns and districts . Look at the state of Nakonde , Mpulungu and Chilundu .Livingstone is an exception ,coz a certain percentage of revenue is reivested throgh the local authority.
#46, that makes sense.
Matworld-Nice Guy!
I can drop you a line sometime, if you don’t mind? your facebook name?
This is what we get for voting for RB.
Next Year Fish will be food for uppermwambaz like Ministers and RB only. Third Class people like me will be failing to afford. Eating Bream will be history.1/2Kg Bream it will be 75Pin. They have touched my best food.
God bless Zambia
#46 talks sense.Please go back to zambia and explain to RB.Abantu ba chula.
I do not mean to be disrespectful to Rupiah Banda but I am convinced that he was never ready to be President of this country. I believe Rupiah was not psychologically prepared because, as I recall, the man had resigned to his farm before Levy Mwanawasa appointed him vice-president.
Rupiah has no direction and this is why he has not told the nation how he intends to tackle the pressing issues which we are facing in this country like high mealie-meal prices and the effects of the global financial crisis.
Besides, we have had crippling load shedding and unfortunately, our government has never informed the nation on how it is going to address this problem.
It is my opinion that Rupiah a:-w:d/:((:d
Don Corleon
I dont mind,the only problem is I have used my real name,so I dont know How I can do that without using this site.What of through an e-mail?
#51. chomba,
Voting for RB has no bearing on this issue.
These licenses were increased long before elections.
So much as RB has got power to intervene, he is not the cause.
There are many structures that Chiluba passed on to Mwanawasa, who also could not change all of them and have been left to RB to deal with and dealing with he must.
But squaring the blame on the current regime is quite a misguided view.
The guys from the fisheries office should be beaten up for coming up with such an outrageous fees
LT edit your work K500 000 000m, unless in Zimbabwe that figure can apply. [-x
LT edit your work, how much is K5 000 000m, unless in Zimbabwe that figure can apply. [-x
The government needs to give this decision to raise taxes a second thought. Where do poor fishermen get the money from?
well, it was too cheap and almost free to get a licence, but such an increase is unacceptable. where in the universe do u see such increaes?? poor management, planning, thinking,…… thats just too much.
anyway commercial fishermen make a lot of money and if they’re required to pay K5million/yr/fishing vessel,i feel that is fair.but then the only problem is they’ll definitely pass the cost to traders who in turn will pass on the cost to consumers resulting in more cost of leaving fo the masses.GRZ shud instead find a way of taxing the profits thse commercial fishermen make,otherwise kakosa ka situ aka,commerce pipo help here.
#62
Its not about fishermen making a lot of money. there is so much hunger already and personally. i dont understand what that council intends to achieve. In any case the council there does nothing meaningful for the people. Its just more money in their pockets. thats all
new zambia,hammer on tax refund fimofimo,gives interesting reading.
#45, is that compound called, Magnesium Sodium Algebra to the power five Silicon the year 4010, umweshi wa 3 Oxide (using my 1999 Chemistry knowledge)?
#64, i will do my best ,it is a very big topic, those living in the USA can help me and also add their contributions. There are two types of tax refunds in the USA Personal and Business Tax Refunds.The Internal Revenue Society (IRS) equivalent to ZRA has determined tax laws by which all citizens and legal permanent and temporary residents have to abide by and also are rewarded for complying to those tax laws. We all know that tax revenue is the base for a country’s development as it is used for infrastructure,security,education,health systems,social services etc. The IRS has a mandate to collect those taxes and encourage the people to pay those taxes by reawrding them with different
SHIMAPEPO
I salute you my dear paliba Chemistry.Chemistry was my favourite subject,but iyi compound yalimpita.
The excuse that the fees have not been increased for a long time is unacceptable because we dont expect the authorities to have been in a deep sleep such that they have just waken up now, No.
The fees, however low they govt might think they have been, need to be increased on basis of reasonable graduation not this type of pick-pick-na-pick-tolo way of doing things.
RB did well during elections to tell these authorities, the council inclussive, that they should not go ahead before many issues are discussed and ironed out.
contd, incentives such as tax refunds,credits etc.I will explain in summary the Personal tax refunds and also explain briefly concerning the Business tax refunds. The USA Govt has put these tax refund sytems in place to reward employees for working hard and also Businesses for creating employment because this stimulates the economy. Everyone working legally in the USA has to prepare their tax returns by the 15th of April each year and if they don’t the IRS will come after you because they have your details. So the 25% -30% tax you paid depending on your tax bracket(whether you filed single,married,head of household etc) you have to submit your tax return for the previous year stating your
Good morning bloggers. Big up #1 The Prince of Zamunda. Today is your lucky day.
As for the topic at hand, all I can say is: row, Mr. Fisherman, row! Farmers, Fishermen & Herbalists Chale will always support to thze maximum.
Nine Chale
Shani Mune. we missed You. :)>-
Issues of increasing taxes on the basis of taking long without increasing it should stop.If that be the case why cant the gvt inervene in salary increaments that have taken so long in most zed pvt copamanies?
BTW I can notice a number of new faces/names on the blogg today. People like The Prince of Zamunda, Don Corleone, Chomba & Gift.
Gentlemen/Ladies, we have a tradition here & a set of rules to abide by:
1. Kindly introduce yourself and say something about yourself.
2. Here, the majority rules, so the majority is always right.
3. If you’re right but you’re in the minority, rule #2 applies.
Thank you and welcome,
Nine Chale :d
income for the tax year,the federal and state taxes you paid, contributions made to Social security fund and Medicaid. Then you will also list and itemize the qualified expenses you incurred which are defined in the IRS Laws and regulations such as tuition paid foy you and your legal dependants under 18 years, money or items given to charities(World Vision, Red cross etc) churches included (tithes , offerings etc),Medical expenses paid that were not covered by health insurance, day care expenses or maid expenses when you went for work and somebody had to take care of your children, contributions to Political candidates, expenses incurred for taking care of dependants under 18 and elderly,
ba Moze
Hi dear 😡
The increase is unacceptable unless this misguided govt can prove that the fishermen made 16 times more money than last year.The statutory instrument the jobsworthy official refers to is an instrument of daylight robbery.How are the poor fishermen going to support their families ? RB and his cronies are bad for the health and prosperity of ordinary Zambians.
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5m may seem huge- but in Tanzania for example a license to fish off the coast for commercial purposes cost $5000 .With a shrinking tax base the govt is right to cast the net further and capture people like fishermen
“I like to pay taxes with them I buy civilizations” Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
contd, interest paid on mortgage payments, money spent on home improvements,money spent on energy efficient renovations to your home, use of a hybrid vehicle etc. Then you will have to add up all those expenses and ensure that you have receipts for them in case IRS comes to audit you. You will then subtract the expenses from the annual income for that year. The difference is what you can legally be taxed on, so the IRS has a mandate to refund the excess you paid them, At times your qualifed expenses are more than the taxes you paid ,they will actually refund you more than what you actually paid in taxes. A simple calculation is in my comment #46. As for Business Taxes the concept is still
Whoever comes to power tells me to tighten my belt.All the flesh is gone, only the spinal bones are remaining to hold that political belt.These fees require me to adjust this belt further.They are unrealistic,demonic,etc.Serving fisherman.
contd, the same, the IRS also has qualified expenses for Businesses which they can use for their tax deductions such as number of workers they employed, if they employed a former military person or a person who was previously receiving help from the Government , the amounts they paid for their employees Health insurance, tuition expenses for their employees, day care expenses for their employees, per diem,mileage reimbursements and many many more expenses. Businesses also end up getting Tax refunds. You wonder where the Donor money comes from, this is the money individuals and businesses pay as taxes. The Govt has away of motivating it’s people when you give to charity you get a deduction,
I we Banda naba nobe mu gov, do you see what you have started doing? anywe am not surprised Banda can do anything to bring the country down (OLD UNIP)
Let us pray for our pipo!
#76. Ni bakabolala,
How earth does your analysis point this increase on license fees to RB.
Did you mention RB by accident or you used some logical connection?
Anyway you may not understand what the topic is all about.
These fees were raised way before RB came in, and blaming it on RB is like you and I having nurssary school going children and we forget to comb their hair. When we realise that they had gone to school without combing their hair we say to ourselves, “But RB and his govt, look at our children’s hair! He has failed, he is doing nothing; how can our children’s hair be so shaggy?”.
contd, you get money back. Zambian’s need to demand for such a tax law , it’s our right and it will really help in developing the country and will motivate people to work hard and create employment. Providing for orphans and people infected with HIV amongst many other expenses should be included amongst qualified expenses. For Businesses ,Agriculture inputs etc should all be tax deductible there are a lot of incentives that can be developed.God bless Zambia
# 64 and others interested in this topic you can google it under Tax refund in USA and there are a lot of articles you can read to get more information. God Bless Zambia.
If its an issue of widening the tax base, then all traders such us caterpiller collectors, rat diggers of the east,honey gatherers of kabompo should be included instead of heaping it on the fisherman alone.All these have erratic income throughout the year.Fairness should prevail.
The increase in fees is being implemented now! Who is the Chief executive of the government? Who should the people expect to right wrongs? RB is free of blame; after all he is only the Head Of State!
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The mentality that president is responsible for everything is a deadly one.
This is why when a person is mistreated by a minibus conductor he goes complaining, “Yaba, but chi RB nshaka chi votele; efye baletu chusha so?”. For those who dont understand bemba language it means “Oh my, this RB I wont vote for him; is this the way i can be treated?”
Now, i know that most of Zambians dont understand institutionalism, and so it is impossible for them to understand autonomy.
Such people will never even thing one day that there is need to strengthen institutions and promot autonomy. They know only one institution, the president.
83 my views are based on logic and great intelligence,yours are not.
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this blog is dead,so many juveniles sneaking in,Ba LT can we please have some limits, otherwise the whole purpose of this blog has now been defeated.
My men Prof at Oxford university,Mr mwinga,pragamist,Gaga,Rass Rated, where are you at,remember them days when sense was the order of the blog,now we have more ladies and more feminish guys who contribute out of excitement and seek recognition.
Its just a reflection of a society we are from,one does not need to go to zambia to know what type of a country it is,indeed this blog serves a reflection of our weird and shallow thinking personality,hence the reason we are led by people whose mind is the belly.
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Hello pipo!
LT please put some proper headlines mwe :d/ times has an interesting article where Sata has finally said a few sensible things, some of which i agree with. ‘Sata Backs Govt Cuts’:)>-
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I thought I read during election campaigns that RB said the fees should be scrapped. Can’t blame the fishermen. Let RB fulfil his promise.
34. New Zambia
Dec 19th, 2008 at 9:01 am Vote: 0 0 Can someone explain to me why working Zambians who pay taxes do not get personal tax refunds annually taking into consideration the expenses they incur such as tuition,giving to charity,mortgages,Day care/nanny expenses,Child credits,medical expenses for those who do not have health insurance etc. We get our tax refunds here annually and it’s the same taxes we pay infact in Zambia it’s even higher. Can somebody help me understand why the Zambian workers do not get this priveledge. God bless Zambia.
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The reason why we dont get tax refunds is because our tax system is not as robust as the western world..:-?
#34 New Zambian
I wonder if Zambia really practices a sensible tax system that benefits locals. Many accountants in Zambia did ACCA or CIMA where they learn British taxation. Do local institutions teach Zambian taxation. Apart from PAYE, I wonder what else Zambians participate in.
new zambia,thanx fo the info man.just hope situmbeko and kapwepwe have thse ideas.be blessed man.
101 it is possible to get tax refunds even in zambia if you have been giving to charites eg churches -but they must issue you with a reciept everytime you give -which you can later submit at the end of the year to the tax office.Why dont people do it? Simple -they dont know
Judge Japhet Banda dies in traffic accident
Ndola based High Court Judge Japhet Banda is dead. Judge Banda died in a road accident on his way to Ndola from Lusaka Friday mid morning.
Judge Banda was rushed to Kabwe general hospital after the accident that occurred near Kapiri Mponshi after his vehicle collided with a truck. He died in the hospital.
Judge Banda was handling the case involving former president Fredrick Chiluba and three others accused of looting the national treasury.
Judge Banda earlier this year refused to set aside the London High Court judgment which former president Frederick Chiluba and others challenged as illegal.
This is in the case in which Mr. Chiluba, Ms Stel
102…Yes most accountants did Business Tax(uk) which is different from Local tax.Moreover someone with CIMA hasnt got sufficient tax knowledge compared to ACCA or ACA being a CIMA accountant myself.
The only way our tax system will improve is if a new professional body specialising in zambian tax like we have here in the uk CAT(Chartered Institue Of Taxation)or ATT(Assiocation of Taxation Technicians)
This will enable zambian accountants who study CIMA or ACCA to top up their qualification with a local taxation course..Just a thought though 😕
Any body Know where Luapula Fish is?
Teta ahn his MMD cadres have composed a song for Nyama Soya and it goes like this:
Teta: Iwe RB
Cadres: shikumwe bwino
Teta:nakumwene nama coupon
Cadres: ya fertilizer no bunga
Teta: wacilamo ubufi mwandi
Cadres:awe mwandi kusalendafye ngawafilwa
Teta: Chabashani nganaponya ifilamba
Cadres: pamulandu waiweeeeee
first lady need to be tought body laungue.
Mpulungu chaps you asked for it by voting MMD. Mwalabashini?
What bases has the govt use to implement these fee. K300,000 to K5million is madeness. Can this be justified please. Are these the figures they included in the budget as part of their revenue. Do a research before any figures are tabled for dicussion or implemented. Surely is it accountant who came up with these figures. God bless they better rush back to ZCAS.
RB: Thandiwe, ala shimya amalaiti imfule.
Thandiwe: Ok, just give me one minute
#45, is that compound called,Magnesium Sodium five atoms of Algebria Silicon in the year 4010 umweshi wa three Oxide?, that is, if my 1999 Chemistry is correct. :d:d:d:d:d
MMD is realy a bunch of thieves. Why leave your Zamtroop and use fees as means of grabing the poor fishermen what is due to them. Congrats 4 the boycot otherwises they could have taken you for a ride’Malabish!
I’m not seeing how this money raised from the collection will be used. i thot sensitization should take precedence before implimention. Govt should explain to these fisherment how the money would help the fishing industry
This is govt of mad people who have no feelings for a poor ordinary Zambian. This is the time I support riots to teach some thick heads how to think when they are planning what affects an ordinary Zambia. This govt is stinking.
The economy world wide is very bad and things are deteriorating. We have self inflected hunger or let me say hunger induced by the poor planning govt. Is this the right time to increase the charges like that. What it means is that the cost of fish will be very high as if they are being imported. Watch out for this MMD, I have no kind words for them because they have been chaeting since 1991. This is a very long time and they have not improved anything. We are going backwards all the time. They are liars and who ever supports them must start thinking twice. If the cost of catching fish is that much, how much will it cost to buy it in our markets, in shoprite, ordering it in a hotel etc?
Is this where the PABWATO nonsense came from? People are supposed to be sensitive. These people are not selling their fish as well as they used to because people have no money to spend. Discuss and find out out the best ways to help them sell and make them realise their obligations to the state. I need to go and run Zambia. There is too much nonsense going on there. Please vote me in 2011. We cannot live like that. I am very disappointed BUT I cannot allow the likes of SATA to rule. He is one of the most useless people i have known.
Thats what happens when you have a president whose advisors are dipoloma holders from NIPA or Night school CABS holders.
#97, ah!ah!ah!ah! ooooooweeeee!ooh!! ooh! oh! oh! oh! my ribs!! :)):d :d:))Ala joko yawama mwe!!
POOR FISHERMEN.
THERE ARE ONLY TWO PIPO WHO WILL NEVER ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD…THE POOR AND THE RIGH. THE MIDDLE CLASS WILL ENTER.
NINE CHALE LONG TIME, HOW HAVE YOU BEEN DOING MY BOY? :d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d
#92 I agree with you ,its people like you who think women can not contribute positively to any subject . :)>-
#122 Endita ba Shi Master, it’s all good, thank you. Bale kosa, yama? :-h
Big up #95 G-Baby, it’s all good baby. What’s up for the weekend? :d
Kwena uyu cikashana #97 – 99 Gelo Wanga andepila imbafu! This must be the most insanely funny joke I’ve heard in the whole of 2008!!!
Ala ncili ndeseka :)):)):)):)):)):)):)):)):))
#105. Is it true that Judge Banda has died? If it is true, then a lot more people will die with the combination of Chiluba and Chungu. I hope it is not true because it is really sad reading!! Shade more light please.
Guys just pay and increase the price. Simple. That is what government wants. Yalilila pa Zed! :d
An increase from 300,000 per boat to 5,000,000 per boat is unacceptable. For large commercial fishing fleets, this may make sense.
The biggest problem here is that no one has defined what amounts to a “boat” !! Is is a canoe, two canoes, a speed boat, a fishing trawler, …this needs to be thought through properly.
#126 Planet Mars, its true indeed. He died in Kabwe Hospital after a car accident. Shame. May he rest in piece.
The increase for the fishing licence fee from K300,000 per year to K5,000,000 is to high unreseaonable. How I wish the salaries for civil servants could go up by a similar margin. Abash such increamnets! >:)>:)>:)>:)
The increase for the fishing licence fee from K300,000 per year to K5,000,000 is to high and unreseaonable. How I wish the salaries for civil servants could go up by a similar margin. Abash such increamnets! >:)>:)>:)>:)
Njipusheko,ba LT is this how we wil be living on this blog,one topic the whole day?poseniko amano!
Chewe I Totally Agree With You. LT, Please update the way you used to:((:((:((:((
We need regime change in Zambia before things get worse…Zambia should not be another Zimbabwe…If we don’t act now and bate these issues, the future of our mother land will be horrible. Wait and See. But there is hope there can be change if leader gets in the heads of the ordinary Zambians not corruptible and dirty politician who are fattening their bellies.
We should form an independent Court to trial all the politician in Zambia….this is serious otherwise….their days are numbers. No Zambian should suffer in the land that flows with milk and honey..the best Country you can ever be.
Zambia is not Sudan not Dr or any other Country that have been torn apart by war..think people
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#129 (Kasai Kanko) Thanks for the information. May His Soul Rest in Peace. I once enjoyed a beer with him up to Mpulungu. He was a jovial man.
LT is on auto-pilot. The administrators have gone drinking. <:-p
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I call it a day. So long bloggers, see you tumulo…
This is very sad. In this modern day and age, our govt hasn’t moved any closer to civilization. These increments they impose on poor Zambians are meant for a cause. Good or bad. But its sad to see that they haven’t modernized their approach. Why do they have to do it “with immediate effect” always. Why can’t they plan ahead and announce it to everybody months ahead of time. Better still start making small increments every so many months for people to adjust to the new prices. Its very sad ku Zed. You can take a villager out of a village but you can’t take the village out of him. All those degrees and diplomas.
These increments are on average more than 500%. Where in the world do governments do this? Are they trying to make fishing a preserve of foreigners as well? May be they have made a pact with foreigners who can come in after the locals have been driven out of fishing. Given that we do not have an effective opposition, I salute the people of Mpulungu for standing up for themselves. Laws do not exist in a vacuum. They have to be enforceable. This one is not.
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It looks like LT have a stinking ass Please give us stories and stuff that make sense