Why the accounting is different here
Retail lives and dies by gross margin and stock control. A 2% pricing mistake, a shrinkage problem, or a mix of standard-rated and zero-rated VAT sales can quietly eat your profit — and ZIMRA fiscalisation rules leave no room for guesswork.
- Stock shrinkage between deliveries and shelves
- Mixing standard-rated, zero-rated and exempt VAT items
- USD / ZWG dual pricing and daily rate changes
- Cash handling, floats and till reconciliations
- Slow-moving stock tying up working capital
- Fiscal device downtime and receipt compliance
- ZIMRA — VAT, QPDs, fiscalisation (FDMS)
- NSSA — employee contributions for shop staff
- Local authority shop licences and health permits
- RBZ auction rate and exchange control rules
How we help
Monthly stock-take reviews and gross margin analysis
VAT category mapping so nothing is under- or over-charged
Till, float and bank reconciliations built into your books
Dashboards showing top sellers, dead stock and cash-flow gaps
Pricing reviews when the exchange rate moves
KPIs we track
Playbook modules that matter most
A real example
A Gweru supermarket was showing healthy sales but shrinking cash. Monthly stock counts hadn't been reconciled in six months and staff were re-pricing without a system.
We rebuilt the stock ledger, introduced weekly cycle counts on the top 50 SKUs and a simple pricing sheet tied to the RBZ rate. Gross margin recovered from 14% to 21% inside four months and the owner stopped topping up wages from personal savings.