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Rutendo Nyeve, Victoria Falls Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) is set to launch a comprehensive e-commerce platform in 2026, specifically designed to ensure operators in the burgeoning digital economy, including e-hailing services like InDrive and Bed and Breakfast (BNB) establishments, are fully compliant with their tax obligations.
The initiative, which follows the implementation of the Tax and Revenue Management System (TARMS), signifies ZIMRA’s most decisive move to date to formalise and capture revenue from digital transactions.
The authority has declared that no operator, regardless of their size or location, will be left out of the tax net.
In an interview with Zimpapers, ZIMRA’s Commissioner for Domestic Taxes, Mr Misheck Govha, revealed the authority’s ambitious digitalisation strategy.
He said every trader benefiting from the Zimbabwean market must contribute their fair share to the fiscus.
“As part of ZIMRA’s plan to digitalise, we are going to be coming up with an e-commerce platform from 2026. This will be covering issues like BNBs and e-hailing services like your Indrives
“Every trader in Zimbabwe should make sure that they are compliant, and they pay their taxes. The source of those revenues is Zimbabwe. And as such, Zimbabwe has got the entitlement to take the right for those incomes,” said Comm Govha.
Commissioner Govha issued a clear warning to all players in the informal and digital sectors, stating that compliance is not optional.
“We have no one we are going to leave behind as far as registration is concerned of those who are BNBs and Indrives. We are going to go on. Even if you own the vehicle, make sure that it is properly registered and is actually subscribing according to the laws of the country,” he said.
He confirmed that ZIMRA already has a number of these entities on its books.
“The current position is we have got some BNBs who are on our tax base and we also have those that are in e-hailing also on our tax base. We are taxing them under the Income Tax Act,” he said.
Crucially, the Commissioner highlighted that the tax net will also ensnare international operators, thanks to robust legislative frameworks.
“We have put up a law that compels even someone who is operating outside the country or jurisdiction to be taxed in Zimbabwe and that law is applied to other e-platforms,” he said.
“This is why we are saying everyone, whether you are outside the country or you are inside the country, the treatment is the same; the source of the revenue is Zimbabwe and as such we have to take to that.”
