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The deadline for the mandatory sealing of beer and other ready-to-drink beverages )RTDs) has been postponed for three months – from the first week of February.
The president of the Tax Authority of Mozambique (AT), Amélia Muendane, said the extension results from requests from those affected by regulations concerning the size of the seal, which prevents it being placed on bottles without jeopardising other indicators.
Notícias quotes duty payers as requesting that the seal be reduced in size in order to allow and facilitate the crimping of other indicators without compromising their production lines.
Muendane says this will require a reengineering of the stamp itself with less text and with less complex information.
The second reason given was that the suppliers of alcoholic and other beverages imported for consumption in Mozambique were not in agreement with the sealing procedure.
“Due to these two situations, it was necessary that there was prior negotiation with suppliers for them to adhere to the process before the start of the mandatory sealing of beers and other beverages in Mozambique,” she explained.
The AT president underlined that these arguments dictated the postponement of the imposition of sealing requirements because the AT’s objective was not to constrain the economy, but to allow it to develop legally.
The three-month extension, Muendane explained, would allow taxpayers to interact with their suppliers, and the Tax Authority to adjust the legal framework to ensure that the seal had the agreed characteristics.
Muendane was working in Inhambane province last week in the scope of verification and monitoring of sector activities, and the patenting of 43 customs officers as part of the promotions that the institution is committed to this year.
Figures indicate that, in 2018, the Tax Authority collected 139 million meticais in Inhambane province, 11% of total tax revenue. In 2021, the figure was 137 million meticais, or 9% of revenue.
Also last year, Inhambane recovered 60.8 million meticais from the regularisation of illegally imported vehicles – more than ever before. In 2020, the sum was 41 million meticais.
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