• Illegally imported vehicles to be cleared before 15th May 2021
• Any illegally imported motor vehicle that will not be cleared by the stated date will be ….. Forfeited to the State without compensation.
• The audit has revealed serious discrepancies
Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has given people with dubiously imported vehicles to have them cleared before the 15th of May, 2021, without penalties and interest.
ZRA Commissioner General Kingsley Chanda said any illegally imported motor vehicle that will not be cleared by the stated date will be impounded, seized and forfeited to the State without compensation.
The Commissioner General said this when he toured the ZRA Makeni Enforcement Centre in Lusaka where some of the dubiously imported vehicles have been parked after being impounded following a successful operation in Lusaka, Kitwe and Ndola, which started at 04:00 hours this morning.
He discloses that 74 cars were impounded during the operations.
“If anyone has imported a motor vehicle using tax exemptions that they did not qualify for such as the Disability, Public Benefit Organization, New Resident, VAT deferment, and other tax exemption provisions should also use this opportunity to clear their vehicle into the country legally,” Mr. Chanda said.
He revealed that ZRA was currently carrying out a comprehensive audit of the Customs system, the process which involves matching the number and details of vehicles imported on the Customs ASYCUD System and the vehicles registered with Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA).
The Commissioner said the audit that has been going on for some time now and has revealed serious discrepancies.
He has since warned smugglers of motor vehicles into Zambia, that they will not only lose their vehicles but will also be prosecuted in the Courts of Law.