Maputo — The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Monday passed the second and final reading of a government bill that will exempt sugar, vegetable oil and soap from Value Added Tax (VAT).
These goods had been exempted from VAT for more than a decade, but the exemption expired on 31 December 2019. As from January, VAT at the standard rate of 17 per cent has been slapped onto sugar, oil and soap, and the imported materials, equipment and spare parts used by the Mozambican industries making these goods.
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