Taxes in Zambia are burdensome on the poor-cries Lewis Mwape
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By Derrick Sinjela and Japhet Sinyinza The Zambia Tax Platform (ZTP), a consortium of organizations working to promote tax justice, is concerned about the high taxes citizens are paying in Zambia, laments Chairperson, Lewis Mwape. While welcoming Government plans on expanding the tax base domestically, Mr. Mwape advised the Patriotic Front (PF) leadership on a need to ensure that local revenues are raised in a progressive manner. Mwape, serving as Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) Executive Director observed that currently, personal incomes are highly eroded due to the many taxes, levies and fees that the Zambian Government is collecting....