What is ZIMRA FDMS and what are my obligations?

The Fiscalisation Data Management System (FDMS) is ZIMRA's back-end that receives, validates and stores fiscal documents from every registered operator. When you fiscalise, your document goes to FDMS.

Your core obligations

• Fiscalise every taxable sale through an FDMS-interfaced device — no un-fiscalised receipts.
• Show the QR and authentication codes so customers can verify the document on ZIMRA's portal.
• Open and close a fiscal day for each device, submitting the day's Z-report.
• Capture buyer name and TIN on business-to-business sales so the buyer can claim input VAT.
• Assign an HS code and correct tax class to every line item.
• Keep records (typically at least six years) and submit and remit VAT on time.

What FDMS checks

FDMS validates the document format, the signature and counter sequence, the tax breakdown, and the presence of required fields such as HS codes. If something is wrong it returns an error code (for example an HS-code or sequence error) — see the Troubleshooting articles for how to resolve each one.