Partnership Between South Pemba Regional Government and TRA to Educate Residents on Tax Importance

TLDR

• PEMBA: INCREASED tax compliance by residents has helped accelerate development in South Pemba, with improvements recorded in roads, education and health services.
• This was disclosed by South Pemba Regional Commissioner, Rashid Hadidi Rashid, in a discussion with the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) Commissioner General Yusuph Mwenda at his office in Pemba.
• The Regional Commissioner said the regional government had continued working with TRA to educate residents on the importance of paying taxes, pledging to strengthen the partnership to support further development.
• According to the RC, the improved social services has also made South Pemba increasingly attractive to investors, whose businesses were contributing to increased tax revenues.