Tax commission proposes 284 changes to reform Tanzania’s tax system
Chairman of the President’s Commission on Tax System Reforms and former Chief Secretary, Ombeni Sefue, speaks prior to handing over the commission’s report to President Samia Suluhu Hassan at State House in Dar es Salaam on March 18, 2026.
Josephine Christopher is a senior business journalist for The Citizen and Mwananchi newspapers
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Dar es Salaam. A presidential commission has proposed 284 reforms to Tanzania’s tax system, including the introduction of a national tax policy and a comprehensive taxation law, aimed at restoring predictability, widening the tax base and easing pressure on businesses.
Presenting the report to President Samia Suluhu Hassan on March 18, 2026, commission chairman Ambassador Ombeni Sefue said the current system is fragmented, frequently changed and suffers from overlapping mandates among revenue authorities, undermining taxpayer confidence.
