Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA).
TRA Principal Taxpayer Educational Officer Hamisi Lupenja made the
remarks at workshop in Dar es Salaam yesterday organized by the
Authority.
The workshop aimed at equipping forex shop operators with EFD
operating skills and the importance of issuing receipts to customers.
This came after the Authority noticed that a lot of taxes were
being lost through such services, which could help to bridge the gap in
the country’s financial deficit.
He said the tax body had already launched an investigation into
operators avoiding to pay taxes to the government by denying issuing
receipts to customers.
TRA Manager for Taxpayer Education Services Diana Masala said the
Authority wanted forex shop operators to know their responsibility to
provide receipts to customers.
For his part, Assistant Manager from the Bank of Tanzania Omary
Kacheuke said that on December 7, last year, BoT had organized a seminar
involving TRA and the bureaux operators to discuss various issues
related to their services.
"During the meeting there were complaints about the disruption of
networks and constant break down of EFDs. So, we are very grateful that
TRA responded to the complaints and decided to organize this seminar to
discuss these problems,” he said.
For his part, Coast Bureau de Change Executive Director Abdulbakari
Abdalah said they were not opposed to the use of EFD machines as such.
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