Insights
Guidance on the compliance and reporting questions Zimbabwean businesses actually bring us. Written to be used, not to rank.
How to read these
Procedures and principles are stated directly. Specific rates, thresholds and deadlines change — often through the annual Finance Act — so where a figure belongs you will find a flagged note telling you what to confirm against current ZIMRA, RBZ or legislative sources. Nothing here is a substitute for advice on your own facts.
A practical guide for investors and entrepreneurs weighing up a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a Private Business Corporation, or a limited company — and what each choice actually costs you in liability, control, and credibility.
A technical briefing for finance directors and reporting teams on IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements — the three new categories, the two mandatory subtotals, management-defined performance measures, and the work that needs to happen during 2026.
A single view of the recurring filings a Zimbabwean company owes ZIMRA across the year — PAYE, VAT, QPDs, annual returns and tax clearance — and how to build a calendar that survives staff turnover.
How compulsory and voluntary VAT registration work, what the turnover test actually measures, and the obligations that begin the day your registration takes effect.
Employees’ tax under the Final Deduction System puts the accuracy burden on the employer. A guide to registration, benefits valuation, remittance and the year-end reconciliation.
Statutory record-keeping obligations under the Companies and Other Business Entities Act and the tax Acts, and a filing structure that makes an audit or a ZIMRA review straightforward rather than traumatic.
Zimbabwe’s exchange control framework, the role of authorised dealers, and the accounting and tax questions that arise when a business earns or spends across borders.
What to do in the weeks before and after your financial year end so that financial statement preparation — and any audit that follows — runs to plan rather than to crisis.
The three levels of engagement over a set of financial statements, what each actually provides, and how to work out which one your lender, regulator or shareholders require.
Most of what we publish started as a client question. Send us yours — if it is a quick one we will just answer it.
