OUR research shows over 70 percent of Zimbabwean employees who hold professional jobs, have the requisite academic qualifications for the jobs they occupy. (more…)

IN our recently published article entitled, The fallacy of economics by coercion — where we discuss the issue of placing a 90-day lock in period on Old Mutual Limited (OML) — we highlight that the good economist realises that if you want the baker to bake a bigger…

THE acquisition of a motor vehicle by an employee from an employer at below market value of the vehicle represents a taxable benefit to the employee. (more…)

THE Competition Act (“the Act”) was passed almost a decade ago in 1996 after government had awakened to and realised the harmful nature of monopoly situations in our economy. (more…)

PRIOR  to 2019, only persons who were not VAT registered operators and those consuming or utilising imported services to produce exempt supplies would bear the burden of VAT on imported services. (more…)

ONE of the main focus areas for the modern-day economist is to advocate for policies earmarked at alleviating poverty and reducing inequality. (more…)

BEING promoted is the ultimate goal for every individual who is formally employed. Look around and compare yourself to your peers. Are you moving as fast as possible in terms of career progression? (more…)

TIME has often proved that vows given before marriage officers and exhilarated guests are meaningless as marriages have often crumbled after parties have discovered their incompatibility. When parties get joined in holy matrimony, their expectation is to enjoy the marriage or experience hardship together hoping that only the…

As indicated in one of our previous articles, a decrease or increase in VAT rate triggers a variation in the time of supply rules in order to accommodate pipeline transactions. (more…)

Sometime back in April 2019, we had a heated debate that was aired on national television with a prominent politician on the reasons why the parallel market exchange was moving northwards. The politician maintained that the Old Mutual Implied Rate (OMIR) was being used by market participants as…