Eight in Sh12.7bn tax evasion court charge

Tanzania: Eight in Sh12.7bn Tax Evasion Court Charge
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Dar es Salaam — Seven senior officials with the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and an official with Azam Inland Container Depot (ICD) yesterday appeared in a Dar es Salaam court charged with economic sabotage and causing loss of Sh12.7 billion in ...

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TRA drags two to court on tax evasion charges
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Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has dragged at least two persons to court on forgery and tax evasion charges. Mustapha Katelu and Salum Mkoko both employees of Naipanga Amcos, a Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (SACCOS) in Dar es ...
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Parliamentary Inquiry on the extent of tax evasion/avoidance, use of tax havens and illicit financial transfer has started

During its 10th annual conference, Southern Africa Development Community organization of Public Accounts Committees a resolution was passed that ” PACs or similar committees should encourage their member states to pass legislation to control the use of tax havens by companies and individuals in order to curb illicit money transfer and tax avoidance/evasion“.

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The High Court has granted bail to three officials with the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) after they fulfilled the set conditions for their release from remand prison. The four officials released on bail include TRA customs director Tiagi Masamaki, TRA customer services manager Habibu Mponezya and TRA customs monitoring manager Bulton Mponezya. 

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.

Freight forwarders are divided over the government crackdown against tax evasion.

Tanzania: Clearing Agents' Rift on Tax Evasion Scam
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Some agents have agreed to file a petition to the High Court to protest a demand notice issued to 283 member companies over a tax evasion scandal that links them with the passage of goods at the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) without paying tax. But ...
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>A well-functioning taxation system could enable governments to support the education system with domestic revenue, instead of borrowing or relying on donor funds, a new report says.

The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) said yesterday it would take legal action against 15 importers, who had failed to meet the seven-day presidential ultimatum that required them to pay taxes by Friday.