EQUITY investment is usually remunerated by way of dividend. Unlike interest, which is payable out of pre-tax money, dividend is payable from profits after tax provided it shall not be paid out of capital profits. (more…)

The call for salary reviews is being heard across all sectors of the economy. The primary reason being cited is that the cost of living has gone up, and the Zimbabwe dollar has depreciated against the major anchor currency, the United States dollar. It is evident from what…

ZIMBABWE is making significant strides in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. The debate over employers’ and employees’ rights vis-à-vis vaccination, working from home and so on is still very much alive and concrete solutions are yet to be arrived at. (more…)

Employee engagement is the level of psychological connection that employees have with the work that leads them to exert discretionary effort. When employees are engaged, they require less supervision. When employees are engaged, they serve your customers well. Overall engaged employees are more productive. (more…)

ONE of the discussion topics at the 43rd Organisation of Eastern and Southern Africa Insurers (OESAI) conference that was held from August 21-25, 2021 in Mombasa, Kenya was titled, “Leveraging Big Data and Data Sharing: Managing and Enhancing Stakeholder experiences in Insurance markets”. (more…)

TRANSFER pricing is based on comparable analysis of profits of an associated party in a controlled relationship with those of uncontrolled taxpayers to determine whether they have been made at arm’s length dealings. (more…)

THE release of the Pandora Papers on October 4, 2021 caused quite a tumult. Thousands of companies, and the influential people behind them, were implicated in fraudulent misrepresentations, participating in and benefitting from illicit financial flows, concealing assets for the purpose of tax evasion and tax avoidance. (more…)

Individual personality refers to our general attitude and behaviour across situations. It is largely hereditary and partly as a result of childhood experience. Personality is a permanent disposition. (more…)

THERE has indeed been several positive economic news flows in Zimbabwe, with the government revising the 2021 economic growth forecast from 7,4 percent to 7,8 percent, mainly driven by the agricultural sector, which is expected to grow by 34 percent. (more…)