ZRA officers besiege Post Newspapers offices

Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) officers have visited the Post Newspapers offices on Bwinjifumu road in Rhodespark in an operation linked to the media institution’s outstanding tax payments.

The team of ZRA officers arrived at the Post Newspapers offices around 10:00 hours and by about 13:00 hours the officers were still inside the company premises.

Attempts by Journalists who have besieged the Newspapers premises to extract information from the ZRA officers have been unsuccessful as they have remained tight-lipped.

The officers have been frequently seen going in and out of the offices perhaps for consultations.

The Post Newspaper is allegedly owing the Government more than K8 million in taxes which have been outstanding since 2011.

According to ZRA Taxpayer compliance status report as at 1st September, 2014, Post Newspaper Limited had accumulated a total of more than K8 billion (unrebased) in Income Tax, Pay as You Earn (PAYE) and Value Added Tax (VAT).