{"id":74057,"date":"2025-06-28T11:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T11:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/incentives-to-the-mining-sector-robbing-government-of-domestic-revenue-amb-emmanuel-mwamba-the-zambian-observer"},"modified":"2025-06-28T11:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T11:49:00","slug":"incentives-to-the-mining-sector-robbing-government-of-domestic-revenue-amb-emmanuel-mwamba-the-zambian-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/incentives-to-the-mining-sector-robbing-government-of-domestic-revenue-amb-emmanuel-mwamba-the-zambian-observer","title":{"rendered":"Incentives to the Mining Sector Robbing Government of Domestic Revenue- Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba &#8211; The Zambian Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Incentives to the Mining Sector Robbing Government of Domestic Revenue<\/p>\n<p>Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba Wrote;<\/p>\n<p>President Hakainde Hichilema hosted Chief Executive Officers from the Banking and Financial Sector and claimed among other things, that tax revenue from the mining sector had grown with the sector paying $75million to the Treasury.<\/p>\n<p>He denied that tax and other incentives have been given to the sector taking the time to praise First Quantum Minerals, the largest tax payer in the country, as an example.<\/p>\n<p>Revenue has dropped from a record USD 1.9 billion, to about $300million a year according to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).<\/p>\n<p>President Hichilema\u2019s Tax Incentives and other Decisions Benefiting Mine Houses.since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cfTax Relief:<\/p>\n<p>Mineral royalty deductibility: In 2022, the government made mining royalties tax-deductible from corporate income tax, reducing the overall tax burden on mining companies. This plunged tax revenue to Government from $1billion a year to $300million.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Reduced Property Transfer Tax: The property transfer tax on mining rights was lowered from 10% to 7.5% to encourage mergers and acquisitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cfExtended Loss Carry Forward: The period for carrying forward mining losses was extended from 5 to 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Unrestricted Loss Offsetting: Restrictions on offsetting losses against profits for mines with common ownership were removed, allowing for 100% loss offset.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Sliding Royalty Rate: A sliding scale royalty system was introduced to adjust the effective tax rate at higher copper prices.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Duty-free importation: Capital equipment and utility vehicles can be imported duty-free, with capital allowances increased to 100%.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Input tax claim: Exploration companies can claim input tax for five years on pre-production expenditure.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Zero-rated export products: Mining products for export are zero-rated for tax purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Decisions Robbing Revenue<\/p>\n<p>ZCCM-IH\u2019s 20% shareholding in Kansanshi Mining Plc was converted to a 3.1% gross revenue royalty right robbing the company of its shareholder value, decisions and dividend benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Government claimed that this move helped move opportunities from unpredictable dividends to guaranteed royalties.<\/p>\n<p>Government also claimed that the previous dividend model meant that ZCCM-IH\u2019s income was contingent on the mine\u2019s profitability and dividend declarations, which were allegedly often unpredictable.<\/p>\n<p>This means that instead of receiving dividends based on the profits of the Kansanshi mine, ZCCM-IH would now receive a guaranteed quarterly royalty payment equivalent to 3.1% of the mine\u2019s total revenue<\/p>\n<p>Government also abandoned court and arbitration process to recover $2.5billion illegally obtained and externalised by First Quantum from Kansanshi Copper and Gold Mine.<\/p>\n<p>President Hichilema has returned Konkola Copper Mines to Vedanta Resources without guaranteeing or disclosing how Vedanta will pay and clear over $1.5billion owed to the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA), ZESCO, NAPSA and other entities.<\/p>\n<p>Further a forensic audit conducted in 2015 revealed the Indian natural resources company failed to pay taxes for over 15 years, engaged in mining practices that degraded the mine assets and engaged in extensive loan spree staking the mine asssets in the process and failed to pay its tax obligations, meet utility bills to ZESCO and failed to pay suppliers and contractors.<\/p>\n<p>President Hichilema has stated that Zambia \u201cwill not mine in courts of law\u201d but resolve and end all legal disputes affecting Kansanshi and (KCM) but this has come at the expense of robbing Government of significant domestic revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Lets take a brief look at revenue collected by Government between 2019-2022 when policies of the previous government were in place.<\/p>\n<p>2019:<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf First Quantum Minerals (FQM) contributed over ZMW 9 billion to the Zambian Revenue Authority.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Mineral royalty tax accounted for 29 percent of total mining revenue, import VAT for 21 percent, PAYE 16 percent, company income tax 13 percent, and VAT 6 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cfCopper production decreased by 7.60% to 796,430 metric tons.<\/p>\n<p>2020:<\/p>\n<p>\u25cfThe mining and quarrying sector accounted for 15.3% of Zambia\u2019s nominal GDP.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cfThe sector contributed 31.4% of all Government revenues, amounting to ZMW 25 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cfMining accounted for 79.5% of the country\u2019s exports.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cfCopper production increased by 10.75% to 882,061 metric tons.<\/p>\n<p>2021:<\/p>\n<p>\u25cfThe mining and quarrying sector accounted for 19.4% of Zambia\u2019s nominal GDP.<\/p>\n<p>Mining accounted for over 70% of foreign exchange earnings.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cfCopper production decreased by 8.97% to 802,967 metric tons.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cfFirst Quantum Minerals contributed 61% of Zambia\u2019s mining income.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Mining companies\u2019 total tax contribution was K6.4 billion in mineral royalty and K5.3 billion in mining company tax.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cfThe total tax contribution by the mining companies was K11.7 billion (USD 682 million) in 2021, and this was an 11% increase compared to 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cfIn 2022, Zambia\u2019s mining sector generated a record K43.3 billion in tax revenue, a 11% increase compared to the K39 billion collected in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\">Zambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. Incentives to the Mining Sector Robbing Government of Domestic Revenue Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba Wrote; President Hakainde Hichilema hosted Chief Executive Officers from the Banking and Financial Sector and claimed among other things, that tax revenue from the mining sector had grown with the sector paying $75million to the Treasury. 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