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Fast Food Tax Comes Into Effect

2 months agoSat, 04 Jan 2025 08:45:32 GMT

The Government has officially implemented the Fast Food Tax as part of the 2025 National Budget revenue measures, reported OpenParly.

This initiative, designed to boost government revenue, took effect on January 1, 2025, following President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s signing of the Finance (2025) Bill into law.

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube confirmed that a 1% tax will be levied on the sale value of specified fast foods, as detailed in Section 12F of the Value Added Tax Act.

The tax applies to fast foods sold in pre-packaged form or prepared on-site for immediate consumption, whether on or off the premises.

Under the Finance (2025) Act, the fast food tax encompasses:

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Pizza
Burgers
Hot Dogs
Shawarma
Tacos
French Fries
Chicken
Doughnuts
Other foods of a similar nature

Fast food businesses throughout Zimbabwe have already raised their prices to accommodate the new tax.

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24 Comments

by · 2 months ago

zanu,ed,zvese to do with that Aids infected **** your days are numbered.chakanakira Aids ndechekuti no matter how much you dye yo hair it will still sell you out nemazi lips kunga and lip stick siess

Concerned · 2 months ago

Tax yekushaisha mhepo zvine noise irikuuya soon

Sengezo Tshabangu · 2 months ago

It will only be effective to big business not those doing business in the streets, just like supermarkets, siyathenga estridini okuyabe kutshiphe khona

WiFi · 2 months ago

Vane maSolar we are coming with monthly tax - SUNSHINE TAX

Anonymous · 2 months ago

Solar & generators are taxed in SA and developed countries. Zanu was not taxing thinking you support Zanu only to find kuti makadhakwa . Next time sewe unongoseja zvisina Basa tichaisa 2% yekuseka. Kuma chips twacho tinatwo

Nothing · 2 months ago

tax isai Kuma **** workers. varikuita Mari shem

uuuum · 2 months ago

kuenda kutoilet tichapedzisira tave kunzi Tax futii Mthuli wenyu uyu ma1

ZimSketch · 2 months ago

these are kids food, the govt is taxing our kids who does't work. very few adults eat the listed items

Anonymous · 2 months ago

Then they are taxing the parents through the kids.

😎 · 2 months ago

Picture iyo ka yaita ndito breaker 10 day fasting on the day 4, Kwakuzotanga panyowani

Ginah · 2 months ago

ulala

😎 · 2 months ago

1 %iyi Iyi is just a gesture to cover up zvese Ana littering. Fast foods outlets are profiteering too much and uku they forget littering inoitika

maenzanise · 2 months ago

ndokumwe kurikutora vanhu zvirwere hocho zvakaita secancer, heart attack ,BP. iwo mazifuta akambobika abikazve aya ari very dangerous pautano hwemunhu,,,,idyai zvenyu hama

maenzanise · 2 months ago

aaaah zvimwe zvinhu so,kudyiswa bhonzo rine ropa kunge imbwa pachikafu chaunongogona kuzvibikira

maenzanise · 2 months ago

kungozvibikira chicken yakaibva isina ropa pamabhonzozve nhai

😎 · 2 months ago

Icho wo chikafu chinonaka ndechepa neutral venue, kumba uko ne tunyaya nyaya hakuna zviriko Idyawo zvinobikwa ne vamwe vanhu unzwe wega, tax iyi is nothing compared e home match

Anonymous · 2 months ago

Takura hako...

Comrade Trabablas the First · 2 months ago

And it doesn't tax the many Chips 4 ED at every street corner

fugu pfeee · 2 months ago

good move. chikafu chavo chiri kukonzera zvirwere zvakawandisa then government ndiyo inozotambura nekutsvaga mishonga

mono · 2 months ago

**** iwee hanzi mhosva kuti kune zvikafu zvisiri health haisi mhosva kudya chicken pizza

trabablas · 2 months ago

todyaaa kumbaaa kusina tax

Guinness Book of Records · 2 months ago

1% tax will see retailers increase prices by 50 cents. Wait and see