AreaZimbabwe

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityAll

Date01/02/2017

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentValue added tax

DescriptionPublished Statutory Instrument 20 of 2017, through which the Value Added Tax General Amendment Regulations 2017 (Number 42) removed specified supplies from zero-rating and exemption to the standard VAT rate, increasing the VAT to 15 percent. The measure, effective as of 1 February 2017, effects several basic foodstuffs, including cereals.