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Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, 2008

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Jurisdiction: Zambia
Structure: 3 provisions
Citation: Act 3 of 2008
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“This section gives the Act’s short title and says it is deemed to have come into operation on 26 January 2008.”

This section gives the Act’s short title and says it is deemed to have come into operation on 26 January 2008. The Act adds definitions for “finance lease” and “operating lease.” The Minister may, on the Commissioner-General’s recommendation, remit all or part of certain unrecoverable tax if the listed conditions are met.

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(I) Th is Act may be cited as the Value Added Tax

This section gives the Act’s short title and says it is deemed to have come into operation on 26 January 2008.

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Section two of the principal Act is amended in subsection

The Act adds definitions for “finance lease” and “operating lease.”

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Section nineteen of the principal Act is amended

The Minister may, on the Commissioner-General’s recommendation, remit all or part of certain unrecoverable tax if the listed conditions are met.

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§ 1(I) Th is Act may be cited as the Value Added TaxShort title

This section gives the Act’s short title and says it is deemed to have come into operation on 26 January 2008.

1. (I) Th is Act may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, 2008, and shall be read as one with the Value Added Tax Act, in this Act referred to as the principal Act. Shon title and oommencement Cap. 331 (2) This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 26th January, 2008.

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§ 2Section two of the principal Act is amended in subsectionCommencement

The Act adds definitions for “finance lease” and “operating lease.”

2. Section two of the principal Act is amended in subsection (!) by the insertion in the appropriate places of the following new definitions: Amendment of section 2 "finance lease" means a lease of implements, machinery or plant where- (a) the term of the lease, including any period under an option to renew, is equal to or exceeds seventy-five per centum ofthe effective life of the leased implements, plant or machinery; (b) the lessee has an option to purchase the implements, plant or machinery at the expiration of the lease for a fixed or determinable price; {c) the estimated residual value of the implements, plant or machinery at the expiration of the lease term is less than twenty five per centum of its fair market value at the commencement of the lease; or (d) the lessor does not retain the risks and rewards of ownership; and Single copies of this A ct may be obtained from the Government PriTII.Cr. P.O Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka. PriceKl,000each 26 No. 3 of 2008] Value Added Tax Amendment ofsection 19 ·'operating lease" means any lease of implements, plant or machinery, other than a finance lease.

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§ 3Section nineteen of the principal Act is amendedSubstitution

The Minister may, on the Commissioner-General’s recommendation, remit all or part of certain unrecoverable tax if the listed conditions are met.

3. Section nineteen of the principal Act is amended- {a) by the insertion after subsection (I) of the following new subsection: Cap. 86 Cap. 388 ( l A) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Commissioner-General, by statutory instrument, remit the whole or part of any tax due and is not recoverable under subsection (I), if the tax liabilities meet the following conditions: {a) the taxable supplier has - (i) been declared bankrupt by the High Court under the Bankruptcy Act; or (ii) in the case of a company, has been wound-up by the High Court under the Companies Act; (b) the debt has been outstanding for a minimum period of five years; {c) in the case of a privatised company, the debt was incurred before the date of privatisation, unless the contract of sale stipulates that the company's liabiliries are to be carried over by the new owners; (d) there is provided a certificate of deregistration or notice of value added tax registration cancellation issued by the Authority; and (e} such other documentary evidence as the Commissioner-General may require.; (b) in subsection (3) by the deletion of the words ·'or commercial exporter" after the word "tourist" and the substitution therefor of a comma and the words "commercial exporter, diplomat or designated official"; and Value Added Tax fNo. 3 of 2008 27 (c) in subs ection ( 4) by the deletion of the words "or commercial exporter" after the word ·'tourist" and the s ubstitution the refor of a comma and the words ''commercial exporter, diplomat or designate d official". . . 28

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