Zambia - Renew Tax Clearance Certificate

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To apply for renewal of 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 at the revenue authority office.
4. Once understanding the guideline properly, the applicant has to fill in all the necessary information in the application form.
5. 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.
6. Submit the application form with necessary attachments to the office.
7. Pay the fee as given in the “Fees” section of this page.
8. After the verification of all the documents, the certificate will be accessible.
9. The applicant gets the certificate in a stipulated Period of Time.

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Required Documents

• NRC or Passport
• Previous tax clearance certificate.
• 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.

Office Locations & Contacts

The Revenue Authority
Revenue House,
Kabwe Roundabout,
Kalambo Road
Lusaka, Zambia
Tel: +260 211 382831,+260 211 382819
Email address: [email protected]
Contact Details link.

Eligibility

• Any person or partnership who requires a tax clearance certificate and their previous certificate runs out.
• Any person changing ownership for shares, land & building and mining rights whose previous certificate runs out.

Fees

• Application Fee: Pay as per the authority’s request.

Validity

• The holder of the tax clearance certificate shall, within thirty (30) days after the date of service and of the notice of cancellation of the certificate, return the certificate to the Commissioner-General.

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Processing Time

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

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Instructions

• 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.

Required Information

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

Need for the Document

• 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.

Information which might help

• 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.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

• The document can be used to ensure that Government contracts, grants and state licenses are only given to individuals and businesses that are tax compliant.

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