ZCTU position on income Tax 25-06-07

 

ZCTU position on income tax

The adjustment of the tax free threshold and tax bands to take effect from July 1 2007 still fall far below workers' expectations and conditions prevailing on the ground.

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) maintains its stance that those earning below the Poverty Datum Line should not be taxed. The little that workers gain through negotiations has been chewed up by high income taxes. Workers continue to negotiate for government to earn more in taxes while they remain poor.

The government has already started violating the Prices and Incomes Stabilization Protocol which stipulates that Tax should be linked to the PDL.

The ZCTU demands that there be a review of the taxation policy so that low income earners are not taxed. Of worry is the fact that businesses are taxed at 30 percent. Companies are into business for profit while workers work to earn a living. Workers should not be deprived of their right to live by being taxed to death.

Government should not be pro-capital but should be sensitive to the plight of workers. Those earning below PDL levels should not be taxed.

We call upon workers to brace for action and thus liberate themselves from slavery.

25 June 2007

Wellington Chibebe
SECRETARY GENERAL

Khumbulani Ndlovu
Information Officer
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions
P.O Box 3549
Harare, Zimbabwe

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