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ZAMBIA REVENUE AUTHORITY
The establishment, role and functions of the
Competent Authority
A presentation to the 6th Session of the ATAF
Technical Conference on the Exchange of Information
& Tax Treaties held on 19th to 20th April 2012
Kampala -Uganda
By Moses Shuko
Director Design & Monitoring
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ESTABLISHMENT
Competent Authority
Commissioner General (Mr Berlin Msiska)
Email [email protected]
Authorised Representatives
1.Commissioner Domestic Taxes - (Mrs Priscilla Banda) Email: [email protected]
2.Assistant Director Policy & Legislation -(Mr Ignatius. Mvula) [email protected]
3. Mr. Richard Kapasa – Inspector of Taxes Email:[email protected]
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ROLES/FUNCTIONS
The Competent Authority is the official link between
ZRA and other tax administrations. He receives all the
requests for information from requesting party/s.
He passes on the request to his Authorised
representative/s who will then pass on the request to
the Head of Policy and Legislation Unit (P & L).
The Head of P & L Unit enters the request for
information in a manual register.
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ROLES/FUNCTIONS
The P & L Unit then provides the information if
it is within their possession or requests for the
information from the respective audit units or
organisations.
The P & L Unit then verifies the information
from the audit units or other organisations to
see that it is in line with the request and in
accordance with the tax treaty provisions.
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ROLES/FUNCTIONS
After the verification, the information is
compiled and submitted to the Authorized
representative for approval and onward
submission to the competent authority.
The Competent Authority sends the
information to the requesting party
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End of Presentation
Thank you!
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