7 suspended at TRA in escrow tax probe

Three other Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) senior officials were yesterday suspended by Prime Minister Majaliwa Kassim pending investigations.

South African President Jacob Zuma suspends police chief Riah Phiyega as allegations of misconduct over the Marikana mine massacre are examined.

The police have announced a Sh20 million bounty for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a key suspect in the tax evasion syndicate.

Escrow account fiasco: Maswi suspended
IPPmedia
Chief Secretary Ombeni Sefue has suspended the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Eliakim Maswi, pending investigation on his involvement in the Tegeta escrow account scandal. According to a statement release by the State ...

Dodoma. Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda said  yesterday that investigations will continue into alleged misdeeds committed by some government officials in the Tegeta escrow account scandal.

TRA Imposes Tax On Players' Contracts
AllAfrica.com
Termination of contracts by football clubs to employed workers including players and coaches will face taxation following the introduction of new VAT Act 2014. Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) official responsible for Taxpayers Services and Education, ...
TRA has no ground demanding that clubs pay taxesIPPmedia

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Escrow scam under keener probe
Daily News
THE Government has called for patience as institutions tasked to investigate government officials implicated in the Tegeta escrow account scam continue with investigation as directed by Parliament and that legal measures to be taken. Speaking to journalts at ...
State House probing Tegeta escrow account saga reportIPPmedia

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>The Sh340 billion uranium mining tax case has gone to the Court of Appeal after the government hit a brick wall at the Tax Revenue Appeals Tribunal.

TRA sues ports body over tax default
Daily News
THE Commissioner General of the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has taken to the Court of Appeal the dispute of non-payment of about 3bn/- income tax by the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) for the income years between 2001 and 2005.
Supreme Court doors 'not wide open'The Zimbabwe Standard
'Marriage loss' in damagesCalcutta Telegraph

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