Tax body grapples with scourge of smuggling

Deputy minister for Finance Mwigulu Nchemba said yesterday the government is planning to form an independent authority specifically for collecting and administering non-tax revenues.

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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Tanzania in international tax law : Tax incentives for foreign investment—1  The Citizen Daily

MANAGING TAX RISKS: Impact of virus crisis on tax collections  The Citizen Daily

Tanzania in international tax law : Tax incentives for foreign investment—2  The Citizen Daily

In our last article we noted that tax planning is an arrangement of one’s financial affairs in such a way that, without violating in any way the legal provisions, full advantage is taken of all tax exemptions, deductions, concessions, rebates, allowances and other reliefs or benefits permitted under the tax laws so that the burden of taxation on the taxpayer is reduced or minimised.

South Africa is facing one of the worst droughts to hit the region in 30 years, affecting food production and prices, while many small farmers are expected to go out of business, writes the BBC's Nomsa Maseko.

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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“You can see how this number is big and bad enough is that these producers are not entitled to pay any tax” Robert Jarrin, Senior Executive, Sabmiller East Africa