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recent appointment of three commissioners and six directors.
Zimra is restructuring into two departments – Taxes and Customs and Excise – which would be run separately under the Commissioner-General.
The two departments were amalgamated into Zimra in 2001 following the promulgation of the Revenue Authority Act in 2000.
Mr Tichawona Chiradza has been appointed Commissioner for Domestic Taxes while Mr H. Kuzvinzwa has been appointed Commissioner for Customs and Excise. Commissioner Mrs Anna Mutombodzi will head the investigations department.
Also appointed are the directors of infrastructure and information communication technology, Mr Tjiyapo Velempini, internal audit Mr Clive Manjengwa, loss control Mr Charlton Chihuri, human resources and administration Ms Christine Msemburi, legal and corporate Ms Florence Jambwa and finance and corporate planning Mr Robert Mangwiro.
“These have already assumed duty and are now working on the next level of management which we will be announcing as we progress,” Zimra Commissioner-General Mr Gershem Pasi said in a general circular to staff last week.
“Engagement at lower levels will be made soon as deliberations on all the management positions have been finished.”
Last year, Finance Minister Tendai Biti called for a major restructuring of the Government’s revenue collector on recommendations from the International Monetary Fund.
According to reports, Zimra was against the restructuring arguing the Finance Ministry had failed to prove the shortcomings of the present structure and to show evidence that basic steps leading to such a reform were taken.
It also argued that reverting back of the old structure would be retrogressive and totally negates modern-day best practice.
During the first quarter to March, Zimra collected US$618,9 million against a target of US$555,2 million resulting in a positive variance of 11 percent.
Cumulative net collections are now at US$573,2 million against a target of US$555,2 million.
The sterling performance was attributed to a number of factors, which include upward reviews of salaries by some companies, gradual improvement in capacity utilisation, improvement in compliance levels, consistent audits and intensified information dissemination. Zimra has been consistently surpassing revenue targets since 2001.