Regularisation of Licences •Government has removed eleven (11) Licence requirements by consolidating all Local •Authority fragmented licences into one unitary licence. This eases business for single shops with various business lines such as bakery, butchery, restaurant and takeaway, food factory etc. Previously, food factory licences were being charged as much as $2 300 •Bottle Store Licences have been removed for bottle stores that are part of a retail shop, if the shop has a valid licence. •Shops doing both retail and wholesale business will now get one licence for both. Factory and retail licences have been combined into one licence for integrated businesses under one premise to reduce regulatory and compliance costs for business. •Licence requirements for supermarkets by ZTA have been scrapped from retail shops to tourist designated businesses. •Hotel, Lodges and other Tourism business licence fees have been reviewed downwards by 50% under the Review of the Tourism and Transport sectors and further capped to a maximum of $500 per business. Change of Property Use fee has been capped at $1000 from as high as $3500 by some Local Authorities. •Effluent waste management costs have been reduced from USD$575 to USD$200 annually as businesses already incur costs of emptying septic tanks. •PRAZ licence fees have been combined across categories into one licence costing between $50-$120, allowing the use of one licence by all branches of a business line. •The Liquor Licencing Board has compressed all Liquor Licence Permits regardless of the location of business, whether in the City, Municipality, Town or RDC. •The Local Authority Financial Services Licence will now be issued as a single annual Licence by the RBZ covering all business activities in the shop, for a flat fee of $20 from as much as $1 867. •The Permit to Sale Veterinary Products by the Medical Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has been scrapped because it duplicates and overlaps with the Department of Veterinary Services function. •These measures are meant to aid in the creation of a conducive economic environment where jobs will be created, productivity improved across all sectors @MthuliNcube01 @ZimTreasury
