The Workers Compensation Fund – How to register and contribute

The Workers Compensation Act, 2008 announced a fund called The Workers Compensation Fund. All employers are required by law to contribute to this fund. You can read more about this Act here. How t...

VAT Registration threshold – TZS 100,000,000

The much awaited Value Added Tax (General) Regulations, 2015 have finally been published detailing the procedures and operations for the VAT Act, 2014. Among the changes is the sales threshold that w...

Notification of Input tax credit at the commencement of VAT Act, 2014

As per regulation 34 of the Value Added Tax (General) Regulations, 2015, a notification has to be filed by all VAT registered traders who have Input tax credit dated before July 1, 2015 that they wish...

Eid Mubarak

From all of us at S R Auditors, We wish you happiness and the opportunity to share it with others; We wish you health and the opportunity to help to cure others; We wish you wealth and the opportunity...

Income Tax rates for Tanzania 2015-2016

The Finance Act, 2015 has confirmed the new income tax rates (PAYE rates) for the fiscal year 2015-2016. Apart from a reduction of 1% in the second band, there is no change. This will result in a maxi...

Skills & Development Levy (SDL)

SDL is a levy imposed via the Vocational Education Training Act and collected by Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA). Who pays SDL? The Employer who employs four (4) or more employees is liable to pay SD...

VAT Act 2014 – Whats exempt? Whats not?

The VAT Act, 2014 is effective from 1 July 2015. Due to lack of public awareness and education, we receive several queries daily from tax payers about what’s exempt and what’s not. We have...