On 2 August 2018, Zambia's Minister of Finance reportedly requested that the pending legislation for the introduction for a new sales tax be withdrawn in parliament. The new sales tax, which will replace VAT, was originally planned to be implemented from 1 April 2019, but was subsequently delayed to 1 July 2019 and then 1 September 2019 ({News-2019-07-03/P/4-previous coverage}). Now, the Minist…