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Zambia chamber of mines says double taxation hurting investment

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 admin

Zambia should treat mineral royalty payments as a deductible expense in order to avoid double taxation and attract investment, the Zambia Chamber of Mines said on Monday. Since 2019, mineral royalty payments have not been treated as a deductible expense when calculating corporate income tax and that provision was kept unchanged in the government’s annual budget unveiled on Friday. “The effect of this is that mining companies end up being taxed on income that has already been paid over as a royalty – a situation referred to as double taxation,”… Read More Here

DRC government opts for a “reverse charge accounting VAT” for miners

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 arnbethnic

The Council of Ministers of Friday, September 11 lifted the option, with regard to mining companies, for a “ reverse charge accounting VAT” on imports. Henceforth therefore, the import VAT of the miners will just be recorded at the customs level without the operators being able to pay it. “Regarding the suspension of the collection of import VAT, the government is proposing a switch to an accounting VAT for reverse charge. The mechanism would allow mining companies to no longer pay VAT to Customs but to indicate it on their tax declarations, ”said… Read More Here

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DRC government plans to ID all foreign workers in the country

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 arnbethnic

The Minister of Employment, Labor and Social Welfare, Néné Nkulu Ilunga, says she has found that the hiring of foreign workers in several Congolese companies is in violation of the legal and regulatory provisions in force. She informed members of the government on Friday August 28 during the 46th meeting of the Council of Ministers, considering that it was “necessary” to proceed with the identification of foreigners to remedy this problem. After debate and deliberation, the file was adopted subject to the application of legal provisions regarding the financing of the… Read More Here

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Zambia Chamber of Mines reiterates their position on MRT

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 arnbethnic

After the Zambia Revenue Authority Commissioner-General Kingsley Chanda said the Chamber of Mines should not alarm the nation by issuing false statements on Mineral Royalty Tax. The Chamber of Mines says it will stand by what it earlier stated that the Mineral Royalty Tax dropped by 12 percent and not the six percent announced by the Zambia Revenue Authority. Responding to a press query, Chamber president Goodwell Mateyo said the chamber stood by its position. “I believe the Commissioner-General was referring to a report produced by the Chamber of Mines.… Read More Here

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FEC denounces the detention of economic operators following inquiries into compensation for import duties and taxes

August 23, 2020August 24, 2020 Arnie

The president of the Federation of Congo Enterprises (FEC), Albert Yuma, in a correspondence on August 18, 2020, wrote to the Attorney General at the Court of Cassation to denounce the detention of economic operators in the context of the rights compensation file. and import taxes. “We have recently witnessed a wave of arrests of which economic operators are subject, which are systematically followed by detentions by the courts, for offenses in the context of compensation for operations linked to claims of companies on public authorities with those relating to… Read More Here

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The Chamber of Mines denounces the suspension of VAT exemption on mining imports | DRC

August 15, 2020August 15, 2020 arnbethnic

The Chamber of Mines and the FEC (Fédération des entreprises du Congo) denounces a series of measures taken by the Government which, according to them, are damaging the cash flow of mining companies and reiterates its firm desire to always work with the country’s institutions. for improving the economic climate. This is revealed in a communication sent on Wednesday, August 12. In its press release, the Chamber of Mines stated that mining companies, although hard hit by a difficult economic situation amplified by the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic… Read More Here

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DRC Government Suspends VAT Exemption on Imports of Mining Companies

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 arnbethnic

The Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the Budget, Baudoin Mayo Mambeke, on the decision by the government made at the 41st meeting of the Council of Ministers, has ordered “the suspension of the exemption from VAT on the imports of mining companies” within the framework measures to increase government revenue. In a correspondence dated July 31, 2020 and addressed to his colleague from Finance ministry, the Minister of the Budget wrote: “The Council of Ministers has decided, during its 41st meeting and within the framework of the mobilization of… Read More Here

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The Mining Cadastre presents the “Revised and Annotated Mining Code of the DRC”

July 18, 2020July 18, 2020 arnbethnic

On Tuesday, July 14, the mining land registry presented a book entitled “The revised and annotated mining code of the DRC” to further popularize the code with investors. The book was published under the direction of The Minister of Mines, Willy Kitobo. The ceremony took place in the blue room of the government building in Kinshasa. The objective, according to the Minister, is to enable the public, in particular, to “assimilate the meaning of the scope of the amendments and innovations” contained in this revised law. The Minister also recalled… Read More Here

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The Inauguration of the Musompo Trading Centre set for August 2020 (Artisanal mineral market in Kolwezi) DRC

July 18, 2020July 18, 2020 arnbethnic

The governor of Lualaba province, Richard Muyej, plans to inaugurate the Musompo Trading Centre in Kolwezi in 2020 to bring together, under a modern structure, the sellers of artisanal ores in order to better control this trade. He made the premier Year 1 speech under provincial government on Saturday, July 11. “We are continuing with the ambition of reforming the artisanal mining sector by commissioning the Musompo Trading Centre planned at the end of August 2020 and the servicing of the EAZs, in order to clean up the sector, empowering… Read More Here

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Intergovernmental Forum calls for resource taxation re-evaluation

July 18, 2020July 18, 2020 arnbethnic

The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) has launched the Future of Resource Taxation, a new initiative aiming to improve the way governments collect revenue from the mining sector, specifically in developing countries needing to rebuild public finances in the wake of covid-19. “The goal is to re-evaluate and improve the fiscal regimes governing the mining industry, which tend to be complex and difficult for governments to administer, especially in developing countries,” says Alexandra Readhead, IGF’s Lead for Tax and Extractives. Almost half of the senior decision-maker… Read More Here