Top income tax
37.5%
Worldwide system
Corporate tax
30.0%
VAT
16.0%
standard rate
Tax residency
183 days
22 tax treaties
Zambia tax profile
Data year: 2025
- Tax system
- Worldwide
- Top PIT rate
- 37.5%
- Corporate tax rate
- 30.0%
- VAT
- 16.0%
- Capital gains tax
- --
- Social security (employee)
- --
- Social security (employer)
- --
- Dividend withholding
- --
- Interest withholding
- --
- Royalty withholding
- --
- Treaty count
- 22
Tax residency
- Days threshold
- 183 days
- Residency rules
- Resident if present 183+ days in a calendar year.
- Exit tax
- No
- CFC rules
- No
Filing information
- Fiscal year
- 01-01 – 12-31
Sources
- PwC / Tax Foundation (accessed Mar 23, 2026)