By Staff Writer, Lusaka
The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has extended the deadline for application for Tax Payer Identification Numbers (TPIN) from 31st March to 30th June 2018.
The authority corporate communications manager, Topsy Sikalinda says this
measure has been taken to allow more taxpayers and bank
account holders to register and avoid being inconvenienced.
Mr Sikalinda further says the authority has also opened an office at the Lusaka Civic
Centre and expanded the office at ministry of Lands in
Lusaka as part of the decentralization and taking services
closer to the people.
“ZRA will soon further open new offices
in selected shopping malls in Lusaka, Ndola and Kitwe,” he says.
He adds that the authority is further automating the online
TPIN registration process which will allow taxpayers get their
TPINs instantly upon application.
“We are already engaging with the Banks through Bankers
Association of Zambia (BAZ) to give access to the banks on
our TaxOnline portal. This will translate into bank doing
actual TPIN registrations for their customers countrywide.
Currently a total of 406,576 Taxpayer Identifications
Numbers (TPINs) have been issued between January 2017
and February 2018,” explains Mr Sikalinda.
Mr Sikalinda has since advised all those
that have obtained their TPINs to have them submitted to their respective banks.
“Under the Income Tax Act Section 45B, it is a legal
requirement that every Bank Account Holder should have a
Tax Payer Identification Number (TPIN). A TPIN is a unique
identification that is useful to anyone currently or intends to
deal with ZRA in future,” he explained.
Meanwhile, Mr Sikalinda has reiterated that ZRA will not be deducting any amount from money deposited into people’s bank accounts and insinuated by sections of social media.
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