REMINDER TO PAY TAXES AND SUBMIT TAX RETURNS DUE IN JULY 2025

The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) is reminding valued taxpayers to honour their obligations by paying taxes and submitting tax returns due in the month of July 2025. The due dates for payment of taxes and submission of returns are as follows:

TAX PAYMENT

TAX TYPE                                                             DUE DATE

Pay As You Earn                                                 14th July 2025
Withholding Tax                                                  14th July 2025

Fringe Benefits Tax                                             14th July 2025

Presumptive Tax                                                 14th July 2025

Domestic Excise                                                  20th July 2025

Value Added Tax                                                  25th July 2025

Provisional Tax                                                     25th July 2025

Income tax                                                           31st July (Accounting date 28th February)

RETURN SUBMISSION 

Pay As You Earn (PAYE),                                  14th July 2025

Withholding Tax,                                                14th July 2025

Fringe Benefits Tax,                                           14th July 2025

Presumptive Tax,                                               14th July 2025

Domestic Excise,                                               20th July 2025

Value Added Tax,                                               25th July 2025

Provisional Tax                                                   25th July 2025

Income tax, 31st July 2025 for all those taxpayers whose accounting date is 28th February.

TEVET LEVY

The Authority is reminding all employers that Tevet Levy and Employers’ Data Form for the year 2024/25 was due by 1st April 2025.

Failure to remit the payable levy by the due date attracts 20% of the unpaid amount.

CUSTOMS & EXCISE

Duty is payable upon importation of goods into Malawi. If goods are imported into the country through transit bond on Transit document 1 (T1) and kept in a temporary store, duty is due within 10 days from the day the goods were deposited in the Temporary Stores. Customs duties can also be paid prior to the arrival of goods at the border. 

REMINDER TO ALL TAXPAYERS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY

MRA further wishes to remind all taxpayers and the business community that it is their obligation and responsibility to settle their tax liabilities on time. Any delay or failure to settle taxes results in penalties in accordance with the Tax Law. 

Kindly, note that tax returns can be submitted online through the Msonkho Online portal (www.mra.mw) and at the nearest Domestic Taxes offices across the country and at Customs & Excise stations at Chitipa, Nsanje, Mwanza, Liwonde, Chiponde and Muloza. Failure to submit a tax return when due is an offence punishable by the Taxation Act and the VAT Act.

Daniel D. Daka

COMMISSIONER GENERAL