TRA no longer using task forces to collect revenues

 

TRA's Chairman of the board of directors, Uledi Mussa. PHOTO | COURTESY

By Josephine Christopher

Josephine Christopher is a business reporter for The Citizen and Mwananchi newspapers.

Mwananchi Communications Limited

Summary

• The tax authority says it is now using a more amicable approach in its tax collection mandate, which makes businesses become more compliant

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) said yesterday that it had held several discussions and reviews with businesspeople who had been treated unfairly by task forces in recent years.

The infamous taskforce, which was very common during the fifth phase of administration, subjected businessmen to physical harassment, including the closure of shops and coercion from the tax officials.

Yesterday, during a meeting with members of the Tanzania Editors Forum (TEF), the tax audit manager, Mr Charles Bajungu, said the taxman had sat down with people who had previously gone through the hands of the infamous task forces, with a view to reevaluating the amount of loss they incurred.