Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda last week delivered the Budget Statement 2015. As the Post newspaper already revealed, government is reducing its share in ZCCM-IH to 60%. Chikwanda also appeared to signal that the contentious VAT rule is here to stay. The big one of course is the redesign of the tax regime for mining operations by replacing the current two tier system with the following mining tax structure:
(a) 8 percent Mineral Royalty for underground mining operations as a final tax;
(b) 20 percent Mineral Royalty for open cast mining operations as a final tax.
(c) 30 percent Corporate IncomeTax rate on income earned from tolling; and
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