Apply In-Person:

1. To apply for a Tax Clearance Certificate in Zambia, the applicant will have to contact the department of revenue authority, for the main office visit link.
2. Make sure that you have all the documents that are listed under the “Required Documents” section of this page.
3. An application form will be provided to the applicant upon visiting the nearest Domestic Taxes Office.
4. Once understanding the guideline properly, the applicant has to fill-in all the necessary information in the application form.
5. The application form can also be obtained from the Zambia Revenue Authority website. It is recommended to apply for a tax clearance.
6. The taxpayer must take note that if they are not registered yet with ZRA, the taxpayer will need to register for a TPIN only if not in any business but if in business, will be required to register for appropriate tax types.
7. Submit the application form with necessary attachments to the office.
8. Pay the fee as per given in the “Fees” section of this page.
9. After the completion and verification of all the required documents, the certificate will be accessible.
10. Upon completion of above steps the applicant gets the license in a stipulated period of time.

• Certified copy of the Certificate of Registration or Certificate of Incorporation
• Certified Articles of Association if the entity is a limited company by guarantee or
• Certified copy of the organisation’s Constitution
• For organisations in existence for more than one year, latest Financial Statements
• For organisations in existence for less than one year, certified copies of Bank Statements
• Prescribed fee receipt

The Revenue Authority
Revenue House,
Kabwe Roundabout,
Kalambo Road
Lusaka, Zambia
Tel: +260 211 382831,+260 211 382819
Contact link.

• Any person or partnership trading as a supplier of goods or services is required to apply for a tax clearance certificate.
• Any person applying for change of ownership of a motor vehicle.
• Any person seeking to register a motor vehicle.
• Any person applying for Advance income tax (AIT) waiver on importation of goods.
• Any person changing ownership for shares, land & building and mining rights.

• Application Fee : Pay the fee as per the authority request.

• The tax clearance certificate is valid for 30 days and shall, within thirty (30) days after the date of service and of the notice of cancellation of the certificate, should be returned to the Commissioner General.

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• The processing time depends on the time taken in verification of documents submitted.

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• For tax accounts that have no liabilities on them, a TCC is issued once applied for automatically. If for some reason the tax account is not clean, a TCC will not be issued although the taxpayer can then engage with the appropriate ZRA officer at the local ZRA office for any appropriate agreements to settle outstanding liabilities.
• For TCCs issued on change of ownership, the process is slightly different as the taxpayer will require completing other prescribed forms and attaching required documents.

• Name of applicant
• Postal address
• organisation details (if applicable)
• Phone number/email
• Passport number
• NRC number

• It is a written confirmation from the Revenue that a person's tax affairs are in order at the date of issue of the certificate.

• A tax clearance certificate is not necessary when:
• Where goods or services of a value not exceeding K200.00 per transaction are supplied by a person or partnership, no tax clearance certificate shall be required.
• Where agricultural products of a value not exceeding K10, 000.00 per transaction are supplied by a person or partnership, no tax clearance certificate shall be required.
• Agricultural products include cereal, livestock, fruits, vegetables, fish, etc.

• A tax clearance certificate is a certificate issued by the Commissioner General, valid for such period as may be specified. The person or partnership to whom or to which it is issued should have fulfilled all obligations imposed upon him or her by the act and by any other act for which the Commissioner General is responsible.

• The document can be used to get government contracts, grants and state license without any hindrance.

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