The spokesman for Mozambique's Tax Authority (AT), Fernando Tinga, said yesterday in Boane, Maputo province, that the motives behind the "illegal" arrest of a tax official in the city of Nampula are still unknown. Without specifying, Tinga told journalists that there are two versions of the arrest that has had widespread repercussions across the country....
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AT seizes more than 200 vehicles for tax evasion
The Tax Authority (AT) has seized more than 200 vehicles, both luxury and poorly maintained, which were circulating illegally in Maputo city. Most of the cars seized for regularization bear luxury license plates. They were circulating in national territory without having been issued with a vehicle import license. "Others were even circulating...
More than 3,000 companies declare bankruptcy between 2018 and 2022
The President of the Tax Authority (AT) recently revealed in Maputo that 3131 companies in the country declared bankruptcy between 2018 and 2022. This was due to economic, fiscal and legal factors, according to Amélia Muendane, quoted by Notícias. The situation affected companies in the construction, mining, tourism, general commerce, catering, service provision and transportation of goods....
AT promises to dismantle ruby smuggling network in Cabo Delgado
The provincial Tax Authority in Cabo Delgado promises to dismantle the networks smuggling rubies out of the country. The institution's delegate revealed that the smuggling begins in the district of Montepuez. There, the stone is sold illegally and then taken to Nampula province. It is from the borders of...
Tax Authority sanctioned 198 vehicles with illegal foreign license plates
The Tax Authority (AT) in the Chokwé district, in Gaza province, has fined 196 drivers of vehicles with illegal foreign license plates this year, according to delegate Estrela Cossa. The vehicles were circulating in the territory without the owners having paid the customs duties and taxes. As a result, the AT collected...
Rio Tinto: State aims to recover more than 239 million dollars in evaded taxes
The Tax Authority (AT) intends to recover around 239.27 million dollars in taxes from the 2014 sale of Rio Tinto's mining assets in Tete province to the Indian company International Coal Venture (ICV). Of the transaction, 50 million dollars were declared, and the AT believes that this was only for Rio...
AT suspends inspection and monitoring of trade
Inspections, inspections and audits of commercial establishments have been suspended indefinitely, the Tax Authority (AT) announced on Tuesday. The measure follows abnormal cases, such as the duplication of procedures, in some situations, in a short space of time, by two or more teams with the same objective, according to Notícias.....
After all, who are Mozambique's millionaires? Do they fulfill their tax obligations?
The Center for Democracy and Development (CDD) suggests that the Tax Authority (AT) focus its tax collection actions on the growing class of Mozambican millionaires. The government is recommended to create a millionaires' enforcement unit to broaden the national tax base. Mozambique was recently named the 16th African country with the most...
MEF and AT benefit from project for efficient and inclusive tax reform
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and the Tax Authority (AT) will benefit from a project, including technical support, to make taxation in the country more efficient and inclusive. Called Efficient Taxation for Inclusive Development (TEDI), the project is five years long and funded by the UK and Sweden. The support...
CCM requests date extension for use of invoice books with 17% VAT description
At a courtesy meeting held this Friday at the Mozambican Tax Authority (AT), the Secretary General of the Mozambican Chamber of Commerce (CCM), Teresa Muenda, on behalf of the private sector, asked for an extension of the date for economic agents to continue with the handwritten change of VAT from 17% to 16% in invoice books, already...