Overview of the Zimbabwe tax system for tax year 2026: tax authority ZIMRA, calendar tax year, USD and ZWG, income tax, company tax, the 15.5% VAT, AIDS levy, monthly and quarterly dates, and new 2026 taxes. Use as the starting point for any Zimbabwe tax question.
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description: "Overview of the Zimbabwe tax system for tax year 2026: tax authority ZIMRA, calendar tax year, USD and ZWG, income tax, company tax, the 15.5% VAT, AIDS levy, monthly and quarterly dates, and new 2026 taxes. Use as the starting point for any Zimbabwe tax question."
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jurisdiction: "ZW"
tax_year: "2026"
last_updated: "2026-11-01"
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# Zimbabwe tax overview
- **Authority:** ZIMRA, https://www.zimra.co.zw/. Filing is through TaRMS at mytaxselfservice.zimra.co.zw.
- **Tax year:** calendar year, 1 January to 31 December (Public Notice 58 of 2026).
- **Currencies:** USD and ZWG tables exist. Over 50% foreign currency income uses the 50:50 basis for provisional tax.
- **Basis:** Zimbabwe source or deemed source; see [income tax](zw-income-tax.md).
- **Personal top rate:** see [income tax](zw-income-tax.md).
- **Company rate:** see [corporate income tax](zw-corporate-income-tax.md).
- **VAT:** see [VAT](zimbabwe-vat.md). The rate rose to 15.5% on 1 January 2026.
- **Payroll:** see [payroll](zw-payroll-social.md).
- **Monthly:** returns by the 5th and payment by the 10th for PAYE, withholding taxes, royalties and similar; VAT by the 10th and 15th.
- **New in 2026:** presumptive rental income tax, digital services withholding tax, gaming operators tax, top-up tax, special capital gains tax.
## Sources
| Source | URL | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| Finance Act No. 7 of 2025 (Veritas copy of the Government Printer text), whole Act | https://www.veritaszim.net/sites/veritas_d/files/Finance%20Act%2C%20Act%20No.%207%20of%202025.pdf | 2026-11-01 |
| ZIMRA Public Notices 5, 7, 11, 49, 50, 58, 61 of 2026 (list page; each PDF opened) | https://www.zimra.co.zw/public-notices | 2026-11-01 |
Not yet confirmed: details listed in each linked skill.
## Today's figures and who stands behind this skill
This file is an AI skill (tax rules your AI follows) from OpenAccountants, copied on 2026-11-01. Rates, thresholds and deadlines change. For the current version of this skill, its official sources and the named accountant (if any) who stands behind it, call `get_skill` with slug `zw-tax-overview` on the OpenAccountants connector (https://www.openaccountants.com/connect), or read https://www.openaccountants.com/skills/zw-tax-overview. If neither is available, confirm every figure against the official source pages cited above before relying on it.
