Property Transfer Tax (Amendment) Act, 2014
This Act amends the Property Transfer Tax Act and starts on 1 January 2015.
- Amendment
- Property transfer tax
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This Act amends the Property Transfer Tax Act and starts on 1 January 2015.
The provision sets the tax rate on the realised value at 10% for mining rights or interests in mining rights, and 5% for land and shares.
A tax is charged and collected from a Zambian incorporated company when shares issued by a foreign company are transferred and that foreign company directly or indirectly owns at least 10% of a company incorporated in Zambia; the provision also sets a 5% amount in respect of intellectual property.
This amendment changes how certain shares are valued for property transfer tax and gives the Commissioner-General powers to set a nil value in some group reorganisation cases.
This section adds a definition of “Authority” to mean the Zambia Revenue Authority.
This provision says section 3 of the principal Act is repealed and replaced.
This amendment sets tax rates for different asset types, including mining licences, exploration licences, mineral processing licences, land, shares, and intellectual property.
Section 4(2) is replaced to set tax rates based on the realised value of certain assets and mining rights.
This section gives the Act’s short title and says it starts on 1 January 2026.
Section 5 is amended so that the word “Commissioner” is replaced with “Commissioner-General” wherever it appears.
This section gives the short title of the Order.
This section gives the short title of the Order.
This Order may be cited as the Property Transfer Tax Title (Exemption) Order, 1985.
The Zambia Venture Capital Fund Limited is exempt from paying tax under the Act on any transfer of its shares.
This Order exempts a named share transfer from property transfer tax.
This section gives the short title: the Property Transfer Tax Title (Exemption) Order, 2015.
This section says the Act may be cited as the Property Transfer Tax Act, 1984, and is deemed to have come into operation on 1 April 1984.
This section gives the Act’s short title and says it starts on a date appointed by the Minister by statutory instrument.
This section gives the Act its short title.
This order says the Public Finance Act, 2004 starts operating on the date this Order is published.
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