Licenses

• Business Permit
• Health Permit
• Fire Certificate
• Chibuku /Opaque Trading Permit
• Firearm & Ammunition Licenses

After a successful application (application forms can be downloaded here) for any of these licenses and permits, an inspection will be undertaken by the responsible officers, depending on the outcome of the inspection, a permit/ license will be issued according. These licenses can be acquired by paying the necessary charges at the Council’s Licensing Office which operates from Monday to Friday 08hrs to 17hrs.

Levies

• Crop Levy
• Manganese Levy
• Sand Levy

The above levies are paid by farmers who transport crops across the district borders as well as mining dealers who transport the various minerals across the borders of the district.

• Personal Levy; Personal Levy is remitted by the Employer on behalf of the Employee. This levy is remitted by all who have engaged any form of labor, set at ZMW 15 per employee. The employer should be deducting the Personal Levy from the employees emoluments, prepare a schedule, on it showing the employee’s name, annual income and the amount of Personal Levy payable and pay the Personal Levy to the Council on behalf of the employees

Livestock Levy

• Cattle Levy
• Pig Levy
• Pole Levy
• Pylon Levy
• Communication must Levy
• Vending machine Levy (Permits)
• Sheep Levy
• Birds Levy

Other Levies

• Maize Levy –           Avocado
• Potato /Onion Levy –           Citon
• Sweet Potato Levy –           Macadamia Levy
• Tomato Levy –           Banana Levy
• Tobacco Levy             –          Water Melon
• Coffee Levy –           Green Paper Chili
• Granadilla Levy

The above levies are paid by farmers who transport crops across the district borders as well as mining dealers who transport the various minerals mentioned in large quantities across the borders of the district. Payments can be made during the weighing in process at various weighing bridges if there is a Council employee mandated to collect revenue on behalf of the Council, at the Civic Centre – Licensing Office and the two main check points along the Great North Road, Ndabala and Nkumbi Checkpoint provided payment is made to a bonafide employee of the Council mandated to collect revenue on behalf of the Council after which a Council Headed receipt will be issued.