Source: ‘Tax those above PDL’ – DailyNews Live
Caroline Chiimba 15 October 2018
HARARE – The Social and Economic Justice Civic Society Organisations in
Zimbabwe – a loose coalition of several non-governmental organisations –
says the two percent tax on electronic transactions must be levied on
transactions above the poverty datum line (PDL) which is currently at
US$522 to cushion the poor and marginalised.
The coalition, which recently met to deliberate on the impacts of the
joint monetary and fiscal policy statements on ordinary citizens, also
recommended government to come up with long-term strategies for overcoming
the current foreign currency shortages by relaxing the regulations and
removing duty on importation of basic commodities so as to redirect its
resources towards medical equipment and clean water to citizens.
“The government must ensure transparency and openness in revenue
collection, borrowing and spending to fight corruption and that subsides,
tax exemptions and public pronouncements be made public.
“Government’s increasing appetite to borrow has driven both the external
and domestic debt to unsustainable levels, hence the need for government
to adhere to the constitutional provisions regarding limits of State
borrowings, public debt and State guarantees,” the coalition said in a
joint media statement.
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