VAT · 12 October 2026
The deposit is when VAT is due
Taking a deposit: why VAT is due at the first invoice or payment, the rule for building work, and what to do when the balance is never paid.
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Tax, VAT and payroll, explained
Plain answers to the questions business owners ask us. Every figure comes from ZIMRA's own pages, listed under each article with the date we read it.
Payroll · 12 October 2026
Payroll's three hands: PAYE, NSSA and ZIMDEF
The three amounts every payroll leaves owing: PAYE and the AIDS levy, both shares of NSSA, and the ZIMDEF levy. The bands, the ceiling, who pays what, and when.
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Fiscalisation · 11 October 2026
US$25 a day: what not fiscalising really costs
Who must fiscalise, what ZIMRA's penalties are, and why a receipt that is not a valid fiscal tax invoice costs your customer their VAT claim.
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Tax · 11 October 2026
The 30% you lose without a tax clearance
Why a customer must withhold 30% of what they pay a supplier with no valid ITF263, how to keep your clearance all year, and how to check a supplier's.
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Tax · 11 October 2026
QPDs: paying tax before you know your profit
The four quarterly payment dates, the 10, 25, 30 and 35 percent instalments, the currency rule, and a ten minute routine to get them right.
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VAT · 10 October 2026
Am I too small for VAT?
When VAT registration becomes compulsory, which sales count towards the US$25,000 threshold, and when registering by choice makes sense.
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A demonstration rings up a real sale and opens the books it made. We come to you in Bulawayo or Harare, or set it up remotely.