Opposition warns over prolonged ‘EFD saga’

Dar es Salaam. The Fair Competition Commission (FCC) yesterday warned against a wave of closures of shops by traders protesting introduction of Electronic Fiscal Device (EFDs), saying legal action would be taken against them for violating fair competition principles.

Flanked by motorbike riders honking horns, Uganda’s key opposition leader is hailed as a hero by supporters, but three-time presidential challenger Kizza Besigye insists he never wanted to go into politics.

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Tanzania counts votes as opposition warns of fraud
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Votes were being counted Monday in what is expected to be Tanzania's tightest election race ever, with the governing party facing the first major challenge to its dominance in decades. But the opposition Chadema party have alleged fraud in Sunday's ...
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 >Jumuiya ya Wafanyabiashara Tanzania (JWT) imetangaza kusitisha mgomo wa wafanyabiashara uliodumu kwa takriban siku tano kupinga notisi ya Mamlaka ya Mapato Tanzania (TRA) ya kuwapa siku 14 za kufunga Mashine za Elektroniki za Kutoza Kodi (EFD).

SIKU chache baada ya Mamlaka ya Mapato Tanzania (TRA), kwa kushirikiana na Jeshi la Polisi kutangaza kuanza uhakiki wa matumizi ya mashine za EFDs, wafanyabiashara wa maduka Kariakoo Dar es...

>A traders’ association claims the government may have lost up to Sh9 billion in uncollected tax during the past three days when shops remained closed in various parts of the country over a business dispute with the taxman.

Sakata la wafanyabishara kuendelea kugomea mashine za elektroniki, limechukua sura mpya baada ya maeneo mbalimbali kutangaza kuzikataa.

Mgomo wa wafanyabiashara wenye maduka umeendelea sehemu mbalimbali nchini huku wakimtaka Rais Jakaya Kikwete kufanyia kazi malalamiko ya kiwango kikubwa cha bei za Mashine za Kielektroniki za Kutoza Kodi (EFD).

WAKATI wafanyabiashara maeneo mbalimbali nchini wakiendelea na mgomo kupinga kununua mashine za EFDs, Kaimu Kamishna Mkuu wa Mamlaka ya Mapato nchini, (TRA), Rished Bade, amesisitiza kuwa mashine hizo haziepukiki na...