{"id":87668,"date":"2023-12-01T16:25:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T14:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mahere-says-2024-national-budget-to-harm-small-businesses"},"modified":"2023-12-11T00:15:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T22:15:20","slug":"mahere-says-2024-national-budget-to-harm-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mahere-says-2024-national-budget-to-harm-small-businesses","title":{"rendered":"Mahere Says 2024 National Budget To Harm Small Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Opposition legislator Fadzayi Mahere says the 2024 National Budget will harm small businesses after the Finance Minister proposed to reduce the Value Added Tax threshold to US$25 000 from US$40 000.<\/p>\n

In his budget presentation on Thursday, 30 November, Ncube said only traders registered for VAT and with valid Tax Clearance Certificates can buy goods from manufacturers.<\/p>\n

The VAT registration threshold will be cut from US$40 000 to US$25 000, or the local currency equivalent, starting in January 2024.<\/p>\n

Posting on X, Mahere said this will result in a hike in the prices of goods and negatively affect overall demand. She said:<\/p>\n

The attack on small businesses in the new Budget is staggering.Get Pindula News on our WhatsApp Channel<\/b><\/p>\n

Subscribe here: https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va84dngJP21B2nWeyM3v<\/p>\n

The Value Added Tax threshold has now been reduced to US$25 000 from US$40 000.<\/p>\n

In simple terms, this means that any small business that makes an average of $2100 per month or more will now have to register for VAT.<\/p>\n

The impact on small businesses is that they will now have to increase the cost of their goods by 15% to enable them to collect the VAT.<\/p>\n

The impact on a consumer is that the cost of goods will go up by at least 15% to accommodate this tax.<\/p>\n

The impact overall is that demand will go down because the prices are too high.<\/p>\n

Spending will go down and the economy will become even more comatose than it is now.<\/p>\n

The VAT tax rate is at 15% despite calls from businesses for it to come down to 14.5%.<\/p>\n

In a country where unemployment exceeds 85%, it is grossly irrational to propose a budget that taxes those trying to run a small business for survival.<\/p>\n

The entire budget is anti-people. It\u2019s a mess.<\/p>\n

However, responding to Mahere, one Mbonisi Siziba said nothing will change as producers already sell their goods with 15% VAT. He said:<\/p>\n

Manufacturers already sell their goods with 15% VAT, therefore tax is trickled down to the final consumer, nothing changes except that tuckshops will be charging the same prices as supermarkets.<\/p>\n

VAT registration will also enable the SME to purchase directly from the manufacturer legally.<\/p>\n

Tafadzwa Marere concurred, saying small businesses don\u2019t have to increase prices by 15%. He said:<\/p>\n

Not quite. They deduct the input tax on VAT on goods they buy so they don\u2019t have to increase by 15%. If they use the same markup they should be fine.<\/p>\n

What happens is that they start to have to remit that value added to Zimra. It\u2019s only fair, isn\u2019t it? Maybe the cost of compliance.<\/p>\n

Economa added:<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t work like that Fadzi, the small businesses will be able 2 claim input tax on the purchases. If goods cost $10, the input tax is 1.30 which they claim from ZIMRA hence no need to increase by 15% coz the net cost is now $8.70. When they sell for $12 the tax is $1.57, therefore 0.27c tax.<\/p>\n

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