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)
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