Africa-Press – Namibia. THE Namibia Revenue Agency (Namra) has revealed that individual taxpayers make up over 88% of their taxpayer base in the Zambezi region, while only 12% of the tax collected come from businesses.
This was revealed by Namra’s Zambezi regional manager, Rebekka Uusiku, on Tuesday during a meeting with members of the parliamentary standing committee on economic and public administration.
Uusiku said some 14 893 taxpayers are registered in the region, with only four of these being government institutions.
“Despite seeing those big business franchises trading in the Zambezi region, the revenue they collect are attributed to Windhoek, because they are part of the bigger taxpayers,” she said.
She said for the 2021/22 financial year Namra achieved 98%, which is N$2,02 billion of the agency’s revenue target of N$2,1 billion.
As for the 2022/23 financial year, Uusiku said their target revenue is N$2,2 billion, of which they have collected 22%. This is equivalent to N$477 million during the first quarter in June.
Uusiku said since the introduction of the e-filing portal Namra has registered about 6 570 taxpayers, and by 2023 the agency hopes to increase this to 8 020 taxpayers, as it projects regional taxpayers would reach over 15 201 by then.
Uusiku said Namra is challenged by limited office space, a lack of furniture, and limited staff training due to a lack of funding.
The parliamentary standing committee, which is headed by deputy chairperson Mathias Mbundu, is on an oversight visit to inland revenue regional offices and customs entry points in the Zambezi, Kavango East and Kavango West regions until Saturday.
Mbundu said the main objective of the visit is to engage with senior officials on matters with regards to the mandate, functions and duties of Namra, and to conduct inspections of facilities.
“We expect to be briefed on the efficiency, effectiveness, appropriateness, fairness, impact and applicability of taxation, revenue and customs-and-excise duties collection.
“… performance and productivity of the domestic tax and customs offices and their contribution to the revenue mobilisation agenda, especially now, during this time of the dire economic situation of our country,” he said.
Mbundu said the committee would also like to be briefed on infrastructure, accommodation and capital projects, any aspect relating to the legislative programme and policy formulation on taxation, revenue and customs duties collection, and the performance of Namra and the Ministry of Finance at regional level.
As such, during the two-day visit to the Zambezi region the committee will pay site visits to the Katima Mulilo border, the Ngoma border and the Katima Mulilo airport.
This was revealed by Namra’s Zambezi regional manager, Rebekka Uusiku, on Tuesday during a meeting with members of the parliamentary standing committee on economic and public administration.
Uusiku said some 14 893 taxpayers are registered in the region, with only four of these being government institutions.
“Despite seeing those big business franchises trading in the Zambezi region, the revenue they collect are attributed to Windhoek, because they are part of the bigger taxpayers,” she said.
She said for the 2021/22 financial year Namra achieved 98%, which is N$2,02 billion of the agency’s revenue target of N$2,1 billion.
As for the 2022/23 financial year, Uusiku said their target revenue is N$2,2 billion, of which they have collected 22%. This is equivalent to N$477 million during the first quarter in June.
Uusiku said since the introduction of the e-filing portal Namra has registered about 6 570 taxpayers, and by 2023 the agency hopes to increase this to 8 020 taxpayers, as it projects regional taxpayers would reach over 15 201 by then.
Uusiku said Namra is challenged by limited office space, a lack of furniture, and limited staff training due to a lack of funding.
The parliamentary standing committee, which is headed by deputy chairperson Mathias Mbundu, is on an oversight visit to inland revenue regional offices and customs entry points in the Zambezi, Kavango East and Kavango West regions until Saturday.
Mbundu said the main objective of the visit is to engage with senior officials on matters with regards to the mandate, functions and duties of Namra, and to conduct inspections of facilities.
“We expect to be briefed on the efficiency, effectiveness, appropriateness, fairness, impact and applicability of taxation, revenue and customs-and-excise duties collection.
“… performance and productivity of the domestic tax and customs offices and their contribution to the revenue mobilisation agenda, especially now, during this time of the dire economic situation of our country,” he said.
Mbundu said the committee would also like to be briefed on infrastructure, accommodation and capital projects, any aspect relating to the legislative programme and policy formulation on taxation, revenue and customs duties collection, and the performance of Namra and the Ministry of Finance at regional level.
As such, during the two-day visit to the Zambezi region the committee will pay site visits to the Katima Mulilo border, the Ngoma border and the Katima Mulilo airport.
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