The Zambia Revenue Authority has discovered an organized fuel smuggling syndicate through the Chirundu One Stop Boarder Post worth over K2.8 million in unpaid duty and taxes. In a statement today, ZRA corporate affairs manager Topsy Sikalinda revealed that an agent, Chombe Gondwe, was importing the fuel on behalf of Puma Energy PLC although the […]
Local TD Declan Breathnach has expressed his concern at the resurgence of fuel smuggling in the area. Reacting to the discovery of 11 cubes of fuel laundering waste at Carrickarnon close to the Louth/Armagh border this morning, the Fianna Fáil deputy expressed the view that those behind the smuggling had found a way to remove […]
An Indian-origin petrol station owner who was jailed last year for selling illegal diesel has been ordered to pay stolen taxes amounting to nearly 133,660 pounds to the UK’s tax department. Nawaz Jan-Virmani, who was sentenced to 16 months in jail in February last year, was told by Preston Crown Court in Lancashire, north-west England, […]
Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Emmanuel Mwamba has urged the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) to expedite investigations concerning allegations of tax evasion by some petroleum and energy importing companies based in Zambia. Mr. Mwamba says the decision by ZRA to dishonour SADC certificates of origin of oil importing companies, has created an impression that […]