Tanzania

Paying Taxes in

Tanzania

Listed below is a detailed summary of the taxes and mandatory contributions that a medium-size company must pay or withhold in a given year, as well as measures of administrative burden in paying taxes.

The information appearing on this page was collected as part of the Doing Business project, which measures and compares regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small- to medium-sized domestic business in 183 economies. The most recent round of data collection for the project was completed in December 2010.

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Tax or mandatory contribution Payments (number) Notes on Payments Time (hours) Statutory tax rate Tax base Total tax rate (% profit) Notes on TTR
Corporate income tax 5 60 30.0% taxable income 20.1
Social security contributions (NSSF) 12 10.00% gross salaries 11.3
Labor tax 12 52 6.00% gross salaries 6.8
City Service Levy 4 0.30% turnover 5.3
Fuel Tax 1 TZS 514 per litre liters 1
Vehicle taxes 1 fixed fee (TZS 200,000) 0.9
Tax on interest 0 paid jointly 10.00% interest income 0.3 included in other taxes
Property tax 1 0.15% property value 0.1
Value added tax 12 60 18% value added not included
Totals: 48 172 45.5
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