28/11/2025
New Digital Service Tax will impact content creators and Indrive service❗
The Finance Minister has rolled out a Digital Services Withholding Tax that will take over from VAT. Some folks are getting it wrong – it won’t be taken from Indrive drivers; instead, it’s applied when the customer pays for the service, so it hits the end‑user (the importer of the service). Banks that issue Visa and similar cards will be on the hook for collecting the tax, which could push up the price of international services. Zimbabwe already has deals with Spotify, Facebook, Netflix, Starlink and the like, where those firms collect VAT at the point of sale and pass the money back to the government. If the state isn’t careful, this move could steer customers away from locally‑issued cards and toward alternative payment methods like vouchers for overseas purchases.
