Tanzania rakes in Sh12.6 billion from non-resident digital entities
Tanzania, March 15 -- Dar es Salaam. The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has collected Sh12.6 billion in digital tax levied on non-resident entities in the past two years.
This follows enactment of the Finance Act, 2023, which authorises the government to collect tax in the digital economy from non-resident entities.
Some of the entities are Apple, Meta (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Threads), Google and Netflix, Deloite and X (formerly Twitter).
TRA digital economy manager Erick Mabula said the authority collected Sh914 million during the first year of implementing the law.
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Collections during the current financial year had reached Sh11.6 billion by February 2024.
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