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Bumara gives each regulator its own workspace. They all look and work the same way, so learning one teaches you the rest.

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The regulators covered

PACRA

Patents and Companies Registration Agency. Company and business name registration, name clearance, annual returns, changes to directors, shares and addresses.

ZRA

Zambia Revenue Authority. PAYE, turnover tax, withholding tax, VAT, and Smart Invoice.

NAPSA

National Pension Scheme Authority. Monthly employee and employer pension contributions.

NHIMA

National Health Insurance Management Authority. Monthly health insurance contributions.
Two further bodies are covered by the compliance health check and, on higher plans, by full workspaces: the Workers’ Compensation Fund and your local council for trading licences and business levies.

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What connecting a regulator does

Connecting is not just recording a number. It is what makes Bumara start working for you.
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You enter your registration details

Your employer number or taxpayer identifier with that body, and any scheme selections — for ZRA, which tax types you are registered for.
2

Bumara works out your obligations

It compares your entity type and your selections against what that regulator requires, and creates the obligations that apply to you.
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Filings are generated with due dates

Each obligation produces a filing for the current period, with a due date calculated using the regulator’s own rule.
4

Checklists appear

Each filing arrives with its tasks and its document requirements, so you know what to do.
5

Services become available

The service catalogue for that regulator opens up, filtered to what your entity type and plan allow.
Only tick the tax types and schemes you are genuinely registered for. Ticking PAYE when you have no employees creates a monthly obligation you will spend a year filing nil returns against.

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The workspace layout

Every regulator workspace has the same pages:

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Which regulators your plan includes

See Plan and billing.

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What Bumara does on your behalf

Bumara does not decide what your tax position should be, and it does not file anything you have not asked it to file.

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Adding a regulator later

You can connect a new regulator at any time. Obligations are created from the moment you connect — Bumara does not retroactively generate filings for periods that have already passed. If you have missed periods with a regulator you are only now connecting, run a compliance health check so the historical position is established properly, with the correct penalties and interest, rather than guessed at.

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Disconnecting a regulator

If you cease to be registered with a regulator — you deregister for a tax type, or the business changes form — tell Bumara so the obligations stop being created. Existing filings are kept. Your history with that regulator does not disappear, because you may need to evidence it later.
Disconnecting a regulator does not deregister you with that regulator. That is a separate process you must complete with them directly, usually as a service request. Stopping the reminders is not the same as stopping the obligation.
Last modified on August 4, 2026