Hospitals told to use electronic fiscal devices

Lately, the issue of Electronic Fiscal Devices (EFDs) has captured headlines. We have witnessed shop owners close their shops to protest against EFDs, the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has issued statements and the Government was recently forced to hold a meeting with the business community on the issue.

In a bid to push for voluntary compliance with the tax regime, the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has embarked on measures to ensure that fuel filling stations across the country use electronic fiscal devices.

>The week leading to February 15, 2014 was partly marked by the protest of traders in the country against the use of electronic fiscal devices (EFDs). Businesses were closed in various parts of the country, including very busy Kariakoo shops in Dar es Salaam, Iringa, Songea and Tabora, among others.

>Traders in Dar es Salaam’s business centre, Kariakoo, yesterday closed their shops protesting the use of electronic fiscal devices (EFDs).

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The European Central Bank yesterday stepped up efforts to kick start chronically low inflation in the euro area at a meeting Thursday, cutting a key interest rate and preparing further measures to ease monetary conditions in the single currency area.