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Tanzania: Pro-Growth, People's Budget
Daily News, 9 June 2016
Finance and Planning Minister Dr Philip Mpango yesterday unveiled the national 2016/17 budget, entailing a 29.5 trillion shilling fiscal plan that seeks to boost revenue… Read more »
Tanzania: Magufuli's First Budget Receives Positive Reaction
The budget has a fiscal plan that seeks to boost revenue collection, stimulate industrial growth and substantially reduce budgetary dependence on donor funding.
Finance and Planning Minister Dr Philip Mpango holds the briefcase containing the national budget moments before presenting it in the National Assembly in Dodoma.
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Tanzania: Positive Reaction Greets First Magufuli Budget
Daily News, 9 June 2016
The maiden budget by the Fifth Phase Government has been greeted with approval by economists, who have said that it is likely to help the country move forward if properly… Read more »
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Tanzania: Private Sector in Focus As National Development Plan Unveiled
Daily News, 9 June 2016
Finance and Planning Minister, Dr Philip Mpango, unveiled here the 2016/17 National Development Plan whose execution, he said, is subject to the participation of the private… Read more »
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Tanzania: MPs' Retirement Benefits to Be Taxed
Citizen, 9 June 2016
Members of Parliament will have to pay tax like everyone else on their retirement benefits under new measures the Finance and Planning minister has proposed. Read more »
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Tanzania: Duty On Sugar Imports to Rise Up to 25 Per Cent
Citizen, 9 June 2016
The government has unveiled a plan to raise import duty on sugar from 10 to 25 per cent after accusing importers of sabotaging local industries. Read more »
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Tanzania: Joy for Farmers As Various Levies Are Scrapped
Citizen, 9 June 2016
Farmers have something to smile about after government announced Wednesday it is scrapping levies and fees that have for a long time been an "unnecessary burden" on them. Read more »
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Tanzania: Screws Tightened On Tax Waivers for Religious Institutions
Citizen, 9 June 2016
Religious institutions will no longer be automatically tax-exempt if new proposals by the Finance and Planning minister to tighten the screws on tax havens sail through Parliament. Read more »
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Tanzania: Magufuli's Austerity Budget
Citizen, 9 June 2016
The Finance and Planning minister, Dr Philip Mpango, unveiled an austerity budget Wednesday that cemented President John Magufuli's cost-cutting measures, scrapped unproductive and… Read more »
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Tanzania: Govt Imposes New Excise Duty On M-Pesa
Citizen, 9 June 2016
Mobile operators will now pay excise duty on all M-Pesa commissions, the government has announced. Read more »
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Tanzania: Mpango to Unveil 2016-17 National Budget Today
Daily News, 8 June 2016
Former Chief Taxman and now Finance Minister Philip Mpango will this afternoon be the centre of much national attraction when he will ascend the podium to unveil the 2016/2017… Read more »
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Tanzania: Budget 2016 - the Sh8 Trillion Debt Trap
Citizen, 8 June 2016
Today, the Finance minister is expected to tell the nation how much the government plans to borrow to finance the 2016/17 Budget. Read more »
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Tanzania: What the People Want From Magufuli's First Budget
Citizen, 8 June 2016
As Finance and Planning Minister Philip Mpango tables the maiden budget of President John Magufuli's government in the National Assembly today, analysts expect he will come with… Read more »
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Tanzania: Bunge Members Misunderstand Key Budget Concept
Citizen, 7 June 2016
Parliament discussions in the ongoing budget session are out of context because many MPs do not understand the concept of Decentralisation by Devolution (DBD), says Ministers of… Read more »
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Tanzania: National Budget Presentation Wednesday
Daily News, 6 June 2016
All roads lead to Dodoma this week where Finance and Planning Minister, Dr Philip Mpango, is slated to present budget estimates on Wednesday in which he will spell-out how the… Read more »
