TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) has cautioned government against significantly increasing the CDF allocation in the 2024 national budget. TI-Z has further urged government to reduce the PAYE tax rates by at least 2.5 percent across all tax bands to alleviate the impact of the rising cost of living on the workforce. In a statement yesterday, TI-Z Advocacy, Policy & Research Manager Bright Chizonde said it was his organisation’s hope that government would maintain or reduce the domestic resource mobilisation target in order to reduce the tax burden. “Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) is looking forward to the presentation of the 2024 National Budget by the Honorable Minister of Finance on Friday 29th September 2023. The National Budget is the most important...