{"id":77996,"date":"2023-05-19T10:54:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T08:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tobacco-workers-petition-mthuli-ncube-over-tax-brackets"},"modified":"2023-05-20T00:41:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T22:41:00","slug":"tobacco-workers-petition-mthuli-ncube-over-tax-brackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tobacco-workers-petition-mthuli-ncube-over-tax-brackets","title":{"rendered":"Tobacco workers petition Mthuli Ncube over tax brackets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span><b>By Alois Vinga<\/b><\/p>\n<p>THE Zimbabwe Tobacco Workers Industrial Union (ZTIWU) has petitioned Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube over static tax brackets which have eroded workers earnings.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter dated May 17 2023 addressed to the treasury boss, ZTIWU secretary general, Emmanuel Mariro requested an urgent redress of the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ZTWIU is a duly registered trade union to represent the interest of employees in the Tobacco Industry. The Trade Union is hereby requesting your good office to relook at the tax bracket on the lower income earner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe employees note that due to currency depreciation coupled with salary increases in line with inflation employees now invariably fail in higher tax brackets thereby lowering disposable incomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeedless to say that, the bulk of the workers are on seasonal contracts lasting three to four months,\u201d said Mariro in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>He said it is best if the employees can get their wages tax free adjusted in US$ as they are struggling with hyperinflation and high taxation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tax bracket in USD the employees who work for three to four months in the industry are suffering. Our request is that US$350 as a tax free portion will help employees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour assistance in this regard will go a long way in addressing the plight of the workers hence we support all monetary and fiscal policy but on taxation help the workers,\u201d added Mariro.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. By Alois Vinga THE Zimbabwe Tobacco Workers Industrial Union (ZTIWU) has petitioned Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube over static tax brackets which have eroded workers earnings. In a letter dated May 17 2023 addressed to the treasury boss, ZTIWU secretary general, Emmanuel Mariro requested an urgent redress of the matter. \u201cThe ZTWIU is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":77995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[1493,2189,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-77996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-economy","9":"tag-africa-press","10":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","11":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tobacco workers petition Mthuli Ncube over tax brackets - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Alois Vinga THE Zimbabwe Tobacco Workers Industrial Union (ZTIWU) has petitioned Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncu ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tobacco-workers-petition-mthuli-ncube-over-tax-brackets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tobacco workers petition Mthuli Ncube over tax brackets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Alois Vinga THE Zimbabwe Tobacco Workers Industrial Union (ZTIWU) has petitioned Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncu ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tobacco-workers-petition-mthuli-ncube-over-tax-brackets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-19T08:54:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-19T22:41:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1684481107.28.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"555\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tobacco-workers-petition-mthuli-ncube-over-tax-brackets\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tobacco-workers-petition-mthuli-ncube-over-tax-brackets\",\"name\":\"Tobacco workers petition Mthuli Ncube over tax brackets - 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