MRA ENGAGES MEDIA HOUSES ON MSONKHO ONLINE

The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has called upon the media houses in the country to promulgate the benefits of Msonkho Online.

Speaking during the official opening of the Msonkho Online Media Training Workshop held in Lilongwe recently, MRA Projects Communication Manager, Henry Mchazime, called for strategic partnership between MRA and the media houses in the country in enhancing public awareness on tax issues especially Msonkho Online.

He said MRA was committed to ensuring that all tax knowledge and skills are shared with members of the press to strengthen their capacity to promote the usage of Msonkho Online which was introduced to reduce the cost of compliance among businesses in the country.

Mchazime reminded the media that MRA introduced Msonkho Online, a web-based system, in 2021 to enable taxpayers access the system for tax registration, filing returns, and payments of taxes twenty-four hours a day in the comfort of their homes or offices.

‘’But up to now some businesses are not on Msonkho Online and this is why MRA organized this media training so that you journalists can use your acumen to disseminate the message to such people and reap the benefits of the system,’’ added Mchazime.

One participant, Alinafe Nyanda of Chisomo Radio Station in Lilongwe, applauded MRA for holding the training which he said had come at the right time and will support the Authority in selling Msonkho Online and enlist more people in the system.

The regional media training is being supported by the GIZ Malawi under Strengthening Public Financial and Economic Management (PFEM-Tikuze Malawi Project.

BY JACK VILLA CHIMUTU.