ARUSHA, July 9 -- PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has directed the Ministry of Finance and the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) to address persistent tax collection bottlenecks in a bid to broaden the tax base and enhance national revenue.

While commending TRA for surpassing its collection target in the past financial year, the Premier stressed that more can still be achieved if existing challenges are resolved.

He made the remarks yesterday in Arusha while officiating a five-day working session organised by TRA, where he also issued key directives for improving efficiency in revenue mobilisation.

“The current performance in tax collection is commendable. Reports indicate that TRA collected 32.26 tri/- against a target of 31.05 tr...