Dar es Salaam, Jan. 16 -- FOLLOWING recent legal reforms on tax regime, the Zanzibar government over the weekend announced the establishment of ‘Zanzibar Revenue Authority (ZRA) replacing the ‘Zanzibar Revenue Board (ZRB) that was formed 26 years ago to deal with tax collection.

State Minister in the Presidents Office (Finance and Planning), Dr Saada Mkuya Salum, said here that the Zanzibar Revenue Authority Act, 2022 was assented by President Hussein Mwinyi on December 29th last year and published in the government Gazette.

This follows Members of the Zanzibar House of representatives, on December 14th last year, discussion and approving ‘A Bill for an Act to Repeal the Zanzibar Revenue Board Act, No. 7 of 1996 and th...