The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority is launching out after millions made by Zimbabwe’s mushrooming prophets for taxes.
Millions of dollars are expected to be raised from the raid seen to start with controversial personalities the likes of Emmanuel Makandiwa, Uebert Angel, and Walter Magaya.
The move came after Ubert Angel(Mudzanire) boasted that he is worth $60million, a bounty made while working in Zimbabwe. He relocated from the United Kingdom a poor man only rising from the grass in Zimbabwe, meaning his fortunes were made from church offerings within the country. Zimra has been blasted for allowing prophets and preachers to make millions without paying tax.
As a result of numerous complaints, the government revenue collector has announced it is going after money made by preachers for taxation. Zimra’s Commissioner General Gershem Pasi told the portfolio committee on Small and Medium Enterprises and Cooperatives Development, “We are now focusing on them (churches) and we have engaged them, we are setting parameters.”
He continued, “we don’t care how they make their money and come November we will be through with our legislative proposals to the minister (Patrick Chinamasa Finance and Economic Development) which will tighten that area because we have seen loopholes there. They are not immune to taxation.”
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If you play with MONEY you attract MONEY VULTURES. Most churches do their accounts and produce a report so those making huge profits for their leaders should pay tax just like anyone else. Churches like Anglican and catholic are not worrying here because their priests get a pay every month set as standard, it’s the money hungry prophets who are crying the most. What this means is that there will have to be transparency as to what money is collected and what’s it used for, ipapo ndopano rwadza that’s why vana vana papa varikuvava pano.
Zim eye u r making up lies again. Out of the 3 names mentioned How can angel be taxed anyway he doesn’t live in Zim. Why don’t u talk about ur own money instead of men of Gods.
Give to Cesar what belongs to Cesar and to God what belongs to God.
this is what they say they want to do anyway, kuti Prophet akati ane 60 million kwete church money asi yake saka ngaatere. same applies kana prophet akaita mota dziri in his name dziri worthy 5 million nedzimba dziri worthy 10 million that proves personal income to him not to church organisation he must be taxed on that income that enable him to buy these personal assets. asi kana zviri mu zita rechurch aiwa hapana problem no tax at all except the income that flows into into his name bank account or assets registered in his name (proof of income that should have been taxed plus CGT if disposes he disposes the immovable property, ndiyo Tax yacho)
ummm my bro inga Jesu chaiye akabhadhara tax zvaKesarin kuna Kesari, saka ndezvipi izvi zvawave kutaura pano? ngavabhadhare tax handiti its income to the prophets? they are working like any other person
Chaipa chinyi with men of Go?
Nonsense. This does not bother us at all. The God whom we serve fights for us. Once they receive the church money, it becomes a heavy curse in their pockets and hands. I foresee incurable diseases, mysterious deaths for the zimra people behind all this extortion drama
Let them pay tax !
Kuperererwa ndinokuziva. Chibvai matanga ne Hwisirii yenyu Mr Pasi. Izvozvo ziso riri kumaporofita.
sad day indeed as churches are exempt from taxation the world over. If they want to go after the pastors as individual taxpayers that is a different thing that they should have been doing already anyway.
Is this for all the churches or selected pentecostal churches Is there a database of all registered prophets in the country who are going to be taxed and how is the government going to determine how much is going to be taxed per congregation
Ndokushaiwa zvokuita chaiko chaiko, why vasinganetsani nana Mugabe kuti diamond negold zvisatengeswa pablack market? Eubet Angel is paying tax kuBritain and again he didn’t make that money in Zimbabwe for your own information watch his discussion with Nehanda Radio.
Every day Makandiwa, Magaya Angel vaita Seiko vanhu ava? Ndimu makavasika here imu.
This commissioner is the one who was paid $320,000 per month hatina kunzwa kuti mari iyeyo yaaizvipa akaibhadhara. Hamba kure. Are offerings classified under business or donations. Ko zvirema nemapofu akasvinudzwa nevarwere vakaporeswa maexpenses acho muchaa calculator sei?
Endai kuzvimukofera zvemigodhi mundotora goridhe riri kutengeswa pablack market kwete zvisina basa zvamuri kuita.
Ko vanhu venyu vepaBorder vari ku over evaluator motor for clearance kuitira kuti vadhiziwe why don’t u tax them sezvo uchiti u don’t mind where they get their money from.
Gore rino tichadzidza zvinyowani