Zimbabwe Hunting Taxes

31 March 2016, 20:41

BuffHunter63

I booked a hunt in Zim in January, and the outfitter indicated that there would be a 4% government tax on all trophy fees, and a 2% government tax on the daily rate.

Apparently this is something new since I last hunted Zim back in 2003.

Any thoughts.

BH63

31 March 2016, 20:49

MARK H. YOUNG

BH63

Those taxes have been in place for sometime and are the norm.

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31 March 2016, 22:40

fairgame

Standard.

01 April 2016, 00:22

crbutler

The last time I hunted in Zim this was in place then as well.

It is pretty standard.

I do wonder though, how can Zim charge a levy on a government charge... The trophy fees are paid to the government, well unless it's private land...and even then the fact that it wa a government charge was how Zim buffalo TF's went from the mid $2k level to $5k seemingly overnight a couple years back.

I know TIA, but still, double taxation has always been a sticky widget in the world.

01 April 2016, 08:52

dande_jack

Cleptocracies love other peoples money.

01 April 2016, 20:17

BuffHunter63

Thanks for the information. It has been almost 13 years since I last hunted Zim (I had a liver transplant in 2008 and it took quite a lot of starch out of my sails).

BH63

01 April 2016, 20:21

BuffHunter63

quote:
Originally posted by crbutler:
The last time I hunted in Zim this was in place then as well.

It is pretty standard.

I do wonder though, how can Zim charge a levy on a government charge... The trophy fees are paid to the government, well unless it's private land...and even then the fact that it wa a government charge was how Zim buffalo TF's went from the mid $2k level to $5k seemingly overnight a couple years back.

I know TIA, but still, double taxation has always been a sticky widget in the world.

In 2003, I hunted on communal land, and as I understood it, the outfitter bought the animals from the tribe each season (say $800.00 for each buffalo) and then sold the animals for whatever he could get. I paid $2000.00 for my Zim buff back then. Any tags not filled were lost, with the animals going back to the tribe.

I thought that a pretty neat system that directly benefit the people whose land we hunted on.

Things certainly do change.

BH63

02 April 2016, 02:29

df06

I paid those taxes in 2012.

04 April 2016, 13:05

Barry Groulx

Those are nothing new. But the only geese the Zimbabwe government likes to kill are those laying golden eggs. The 15% VAT on tourism services is typical and does make for an expensive destination.