ZAMBIA Revenue Authority (ZRA) Board Chairperson Caleb Fundanga says the authority is still trying to find ways of how to capture tax on business mobile money transactions. In an interview, Fundanga said people found a smart way of evading tax payments by opting to use mobile money accounts instead of point of (sale POS) payment machines. “A number of businesses are opting to use mobile money accounts payments as opposed to allowing for the use of cards. When you pay by using a visa card, or whatever card you are using, the money goes to the bank account and there’s a T-PIN, and so ZRA can capture transactions very easily, meaning the money going into that business account can be...

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