Tax Compliance for Zimbabwean Businesses
Stay compliant with ZIMRA: corporate tax and QPDs, VAT at 15.5% and fiscalisation, withholding taxes, IMTT, audits, objections and tax risk. Rates as at October 2026.
Enrol in this Course
- 📦 5 modules
- 📹 20 lessons
- 📝 5 quizzes
- 🎓 Certificate on completion
- ♾ Learn at your own pace, online
Tax is one of the largest costs a Zimbabwean business carries, and non-compliance can easily double it: penalties of up to 100% of the tax, interest, blocked tax clearance, and lost contracts. Most of that is avoidable with a clear understanding of the rules and a disciplined compliance routine.
This course is for accountants, finance managers, business owners, bookkeepers and anyone responsible for a company’s tax affairs. The first lesson of each module covers the basics. The rest deals with the calculations, deadlines and judgement calls that cause real problems in practice.
What you will learn
- How Zimbabwe’s tax system and ZIMRA’s TaRMS platform work, and which taxes apply to your business
- How to compute corporate income tax and make Quarterly Payment Dates (QPDs) correctly
- How VAT works at the 15.5% rate, including registration, fiscalisation and input tax rules
- When to apply withholding taxes, IMTT and presumptive taxes
- How to handle ZIMRA audits, objections, penalties and tax risk
How the course works
There are five modules, each with four lessons and a short quiz. You need 70% on each quiz to complete the course and earn your certificate.
A note on rates
Rates and thresholds in this course are those in force as at October 2026, including the changes from the 2026 national budget (for example VAT at 15.5% from 1 January 2026). Tax law changes every year, so confirm current rates with ZIMRA or your tax adviser. This course is training, not tax advice for a specific situation.
About figures in this course
Rates, thresholds, time limits and penalties are shown as examples of the law as at 2026, not fixed rules, and are expected to change. Lessons focus on principles and procedures, worked examples are labelled as 2026 figures for illustration, and the figures are collected in one Course reference table at the end of the final lesson. Always confirm the current position through official channels such as ZIMRA, the latest Finance Act and Government Gazette, or a registered tax practitioner.
Course Curriculum
5 modules · 20 lessons · 5 quizzes
Module 1: Zimbabwe’s Tax System and Getting Registered
- 1.1 The Main Taxes Every Business Should Know (Start Here)
- 1.2 Registration, TaRMS and Tax Clearance
- 1.3 Residence, Currency and Record Keeping
- 1.4 Building a Tax Compliance Calendar
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Module 1 Quiz Enrol to take
Module 2: Corporate Income Tax and QPDs
- 2.1 From Accounting Profit to Taxable Income (Start Here)
- 2.2 Deductions, Disallowances and Capital Allowances
- 2.3 Quarterly Payment Dates (QPDs)
- 2.4 The Annual Return, Assessments and Self-Assessment
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Module 2 Quiz Enrol to take
Module 3: Value Added Tax (VAT)
- 3.1 How VAT Works (Start Here)
- 3.2 Registration, Tax Periods and Returns
- 3.3 Fiscalisation, Fiscal Tax Invoices and Input Tax
- 3.4 Zero-Rated, Exempt and Imported Services
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Module 3 Quiz Enrol to take
Module 4: Withholding Taxes, IMTT and Other Obligations
- 4.1 Withholding Tax on Payments to Suppliers (Start Here)
- 4.2 Withholding Taxes on Non-Residents and Investment Income
- 4.3 IMTT, Cash Withdrawal Levies and Presumptive Taxes
- 4.4 The Employer's Tax Obligations at a Glance
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Module 4 Quiz Enrol to take
Module 5: Audits, Disputes, Penalties and Tax Governance
- 5.1 Preparing for a ZIMRA Audit (Start Here)
- 5.2 Penalties, Interest and Voluntary Disclosure
- 5.3 Objections and Appeals
- 5.4 Tax Risk Management and Ethics
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Module 5 Quiz Enrol to take