Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has revealed that individuals are importing vehicles into the country using the three months temporary import permits so as to avoid taxes at the border posts.
Zim Morning Post has learnt that some ZIMRA officials have been facilitating the importation of the vehicles which would be later sold within Zimbabwe for very high prices.
The publication further reports that ZIMRA officials simply forge registration documents for the foreign registered vehicles.
The reports are consistent with earlier ones which suggested that Norest Ushe, a Zimra official allegedly allegedly forged customs documents to facilitate the smuggling of 50 cars into the country.
Analysts have often claimed that the country’s borders are a major soft spot for revenue leakage as individuals always find loopholes in the system to evade taxes.
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