HS Codes on Invoices — ZIMRA RCPT047 and RCPT048 Explained
ZIMRA requires every invoice line to carry an HS code (the customs goods classification) and the right tax. You never type these on an invoice — ThatFiscal resolves them from your Item Master. Set it up once and every future invoice fiscalises without you thinking about it.
Open Portal → Items & HS Codes
Add each product or service you sell: name (exactly as your accounting system sends it), HS code, and its tax (15.5% standard, 0% zero-rated, or exempt). Import the CSV template to load many at once.
Match the Names
When an invoice arrives, each line is matched to your Item Master by item code first, then by name. A matched item gets its exact HS code. An unmatched line falls back to Zimbabwe's HS table and then to your default code — legal, but generic; the Item Master is how you get the right code per product. Note that the tax rate on an invoice posted from your accounting system comes from that system, not from the Item Master — the master's rate is used when you raise an invoice in Billing Studio.
Keep it in sync
New product in your accounting system? Add it to the Item Master the same day. Renamed a product? Update the name here too — the match is on the name your system sends.