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Tax Clearance Certificate

If you have a company and you pay your taxes, then you know for a fact that having a tax clearance certificate is vital. There are some serious benefits to having a tax clearance even if you aren’t a company; let’s say you’re a sole trader, church, a trust or an individual, these benefits apply. According to ZIMRA, the following benefits are availed to Tax Clearance Certificate holders:

• No 10% Withholding Tax is deducted when payments are made for goods and services supplied.
• No Presumptive Tax will be levied on importations.
• Tax clearance is required when bidding for tenders.
• A Tax Clearance Certificate is a pre-requisite when applying for licences issued by local authorities.
• Business counterparts have confidence in doing business with compliant taxpayers

Best of all you can get the clearance online, so you don’t have to bear the grunt of back and forths like with other systems in this country of ours. Before you get the certificate you’ll need a few things to be in order on your end.

How do I get a Tax Clearance Certificate?

1. First log on to the e-services portal http://efiling.zimra.co.zw
2. Then Click on “MANAGE SERVICES” and select “SUBMISSIONS”
3. Select “General Tax Clearance” and Click on “Submit”
4. Go to “My History”, select “My Submissions” and check status
5. If status says “Committed”, click on “View Document” and print the tax clearance.
6. If the status says “Failed” then contact ZIMRA office for assistance.

Verifying the validity of your Tax Clearance Certificate

If for whatever reason you’re not sure about the authenticity of your tax clearance, you can validate the damn thing on ZIMRA’s e-services portal as well:

• Type http://efiling.zimra.co.zw on your Internet browser
• Under e-services, click on “Validate Tax Certificate”
• Enter the Business Partner Number (BPN) on the tax certificate in the BPN field
• Enter the “Authentication Code” as it appears on the tax certificate in the code field
• Type the “Code” for the image as shown in the field available
• Click “Verify Certificate”
• For a valid Tax Clearance Certificate, the details that will appear on the Internet page are the same as those on the Certificate being verified