MWANZA, Feb. 6 -- LOCAL investors have called for improvements in the taxation system, proposing the establishment of a central authority to collect levies and distribute them to relevant institutions based on their respective shares.

The call was made recently during the Lake Zone Investors Forum in Mwanza, where participants said the current system where different authorities collect taxes causes serious inconvenience to investors.

Such authorities include the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) and National Environment Management Council (NEMC).

They noted that the situation is worsened by threats from individual authorities to close businesses wh...