The objective of this Bill is to give effect to the taxation measures proposed by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development in the 2019 National Budget Statement presented by him to the National Assembly in Harare on 22nd November 2018.  The label "Departmental Draft" signifies that this is not the final draft of the Bill that will in due course be presented to the National Assembly at a later stage of the Budget Debate - in other words it is only a guide to the probable content of the final Bill.