Zimra Board Gets $300 000 In Board Fees And Allowances

Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) board members received a combined $292 582 from fees and allowances last year, representing a 9 percent rise from last year. The Zimra board has 10 members who were appointed on June 26, 2015.

In 2016, Zimra board members were paid $268 225 in board fees and allowances but the figure increased to $292 582. The Herald could not establish the cause of the increase in board allowances and fees at the time of going to print.

Zimra board chairperson Mrs Willia Bonyongwe’s board fees were unchanged at $24 000 from last year.The vice board chairperson Mr Percy Toriro’s fees were also unchanged at $20 000 while eight other board members got a combined $126 000, which was $15 000 lower than what they raked in 2016. Zimra’s 2017 annual report shows that in terms of sitting allowances, Bonyongwe got $20 761, representing an almost 100 percent increase from the $10 800 she obtained in 2016.