The Police in Blantyre through The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) have arrested five senior Mapeto David Whiteheads and Sons (DWS) officials on charges sounding technical smuggling.
The five are Director Faizal Gaffar Latif, Managing Director Mohamed Gaffar, Financial Controller Abdul Rashid Bakali, Procurement Manager Yaseen Muhammad, and General Manager Martin Chapasi-Mpata.
According to the information FaceofMalawi sourced, the rest were arrested on Friday, May 21 while Faizal Gaffar Latif surrenders himself to MRA over the weekend.
Mapeto DWS is allegedly being accused of declaring fabrics as raw materials, under-declaring sales, as well as under-declaring salaries for expatriates.
According to MRA head of Corporate Affairs, Steven Kapoloma the authority has for the past 4 weeks been investigating the 5 following a tip from the public.
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has stressed that it is vigilant against all form of smuggling, including that of cooking oil.
This follows a development that took place on Tuesday when a truck with Mozambican registration number was involved in an accident on Friday near Magalasi on the road to Chileka in Blantyre and as the owners were transferring its goods to another truck on Monday, it was exposed to have been carrying cooking oil from Mozambique.
Sources told Nyasa Times on Tuesday alleging that the cooking oil was being smuggled to Mwanza border from Muluzi border in Mulanje.
A source, who shared pictures of the truck and its contents in 20litre containers, had alleged that the goods on the truck was originally covered with a tarpaulin and as it was being transferred to the relief truck, they thought it was smuggling cooking oil.
A truck with Mozambican registration number was involved in an accident on Friday near Magalasi on the road to Chileka in Blantyre and as the owners were transferring its goods to another truck on Tuesday, it was exposed to have been carrying alleged smuggled cooking oil from Mozambique. A source, who shared pictures of the […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) is set to role out an automated withholding value added tax (VAT) system to ensure efficient and effective operations of the scheme.
In a statement issued in the media says the system will interface with appointed withholding VAT agents and all suppliers of goods and services.
MRA says the introduction of the automated system is in line with the VAT-Withholding Agents Regulations of 2018.
The appointed Withholding VAT agents levied on supply of goods from individuals and business entities include government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
MRA Head of Corporate Affairs Steven Kapoloma
“The interface will allow the agents and suppliers to log into the system using a portal on our website: www.mra.mw [which] will enable the supplier to view summaries of the VAT withheld and payments of the VAT withheld.
“….Unpacking manufacturers concerns” The manufacturers plead for protection against smuggling Production lines and sales have declined as people opt for cheaper smuggled cooking oil Cooking oil manufacturers takes cognizance that the increase in price of the commodity is due to global trends on crude oil but Malawi’s prices went further up following the […]