Tanzania public holidays 2026, VAT rate and tax data
Tanzania: VAT rate 18% since 1 Jul 2009; 16 public holidays in 2026 (next: Independence and Republic Day, 9 Dec 2026); corporate tax rate 30%; minimum wage 80000 TZS/month; policy interest rate 6.25%; inflation rate (CPI) 4.2%.
12 series, each cited to the official source it was verified against; most recently verified 29 Oct 2026. Currency TZS.
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{ "country": "TZ", "series": "vat", "value": 18, "unit": "percent", "effective_from": "2009-07-01", "last_confirmed": "2026-08-03", "source": { "name": "The Finance Act, 2009 (Act No. 14 of 2009), PART VIII - Amendment of…", "url": "https://repository.mof.go.tz/handle/123456789/460" } }
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Tanzania public holidays 2026
16 days in 2026; next: Independence and Republic Day on 9 Dec 2026. Official source: Public Holidays Act, Cap. 35 [R.E. 2023] (Government of Tanzania) · last verified 15 Jul 2026
Fixed by law 6 Confirmed 10
| Date | Holiday | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2026 Thu | New Year's Day | Fixed by law | Public Holidays Act, Cap. 35 [R.E… |
| 12 Jan 2026 Mon | Zanzibar Revolution Day | Confirmed | Public Holidays Act, Cap. 35 [R.E… |
| 21 Mar 2026 Sat | Eid al-Fitr (Day 1) | Confirmed | Public Holidays Act, Cap. 35 [R.E… |
| 22 Mar 2026 Sun | Eid al-Fitr (Day 2) | Confirmed | Public Holidays Act, Cap. 35 [R.E… |
| 3 Apr 2026 Fri | Good Friday | Fixed by law | Public Holidays Act, Cap. 35 [R.E… |
| 6 Apr 2026 Mon | Easter Monday | Fixed by law | Public Holidays Act, Cap. 35 [R.E… |
| 7 Apr 2026 Tue | Karume Day | Confirmed | Public Holidays Act, Cap. 35 [R.E… |
| 26 Apr 2026 Sun | Union Day | Confirmed | Public Holidays Act, Cap. 35 [R.E… |
| 1 May 2026 Fri | International Workers' Day (Labour Day) | Fixed by law | Public Holidays Act, Cap. 35 [R.E… |
| 27 May 2026 Wed | Eid al-Hajj (Eid al-Adha) | Confirmed | Public Holidays Act, Cap. 35 [R.E… |
| 7 Jul 2026 Tue | Saba Saba (International Trade Fair Day) | Confirmed | Public Holidays Act, Cap. 35 [R.E… |
| 8 Aug 2026 Sat | Nane Nane (Peasants'/Farmers' Day) | Confirmed | Public Holidays Act, Cap. 35 [R.E… |
| 14 Oct 2026 Wed | Mwalimu Nyerere Day | Confirmed | Public Holidays Act, Cap. 35 [R.E… |
| 9 Dec 2026 Wed | Independence and Republic Day | Confirmed | Public Holidays Act, Cap. 35 [R.E… |
| 25 Dec 2026 Fri | Christmas Day | Fixed by law | Public Holidays Act, Cap. 35 [R.E… |
| 26 Dec 2026 Sat | Boxing Day | Fixed by law | Public Holidays Act, Cap. 35 [R.E… |
Status is read from the record: fixed by law follows from a standing rule (a fixed date or the Easter computus); confirmed is dated in the cited official calendar and not flagged provisional; estimated is provisional or moon-sighting dependent; substitute stands in for a statutory day that fell on a weekend or was moved. Hover a status for the reason.
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Withholding tax rates
5–15% across 5 withholding taxes — no single rate · in force from — · Official source: Income Tax Act [CAP. 332 R.E. 2019] (United Republic of Tanzania), published by… · last verified 12 Aug 2026 secondary
Rates by payment type
| key | label | rate | applies to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dividends | Withholding tax on dividends to non-residents | 10 | dividends paid by Tanzanian resident companies to non-residents; final tax. A 5% rate applies instead where the paying company is listed on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (see dividends-dse-listed) | Income Tax Act [CAP. 332 R.E. 2019]… |
| dividends-dse-listed | Withholding tax on dividends to non-residents (DSE-listed company) | 5 | dividends paid to non-residents by a company listed on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange; final tax | Income Tax Act [CAP. 332 R.E. 2019]… |
| interest | Withholding tax on interest to non-residents | 10 | interest paid to non-residents; final tax (the 10% rate applies to residents and non-residents alike) | Income Tax Act [CAP. 332 R.E. 2019]… |
| royalties | Withholding tax on royalties to non-residents | 15 | royalties paid to non-residents. Reached through section 82(1)(a), which lists royalty among the payments withheld at the paragraph 4(b) rates, and lands on the 4(b)(iii) “other payments” limb. Section 82(2)(a) excludes payments made by individuals unless made in conducting a business | Income Tax Act [CAP. 332 R.E. 2019]… |
| service-fees | Withholding tax on service fees to non-residents | 15 | service fees (including management, professional and technical service fees) with a source in the United Republic paid to non-residents; final tax | Income Tax Act [CAP. 332 R.E. 2019]… |
| The parallel withholding on service fees paid to RESIDENTS (5%, creditable) is an advance tax on residents and is not served here. | ||||
Personal income tax brackets
0–30% across 5 bands · in force from 2022-07-01 · Official source: Tanzania Revenue Authority · last verified 17 Jul 2026
| min | max | rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 3240000 | 0 |
| 3240000 | 6240000 | 8 |
| 6240000 | 9120000 | 20 |
| 9120000 | 12000000 | 25 |
| 12000000 | — | 30 |
Statutory social-insurance contributions
0.5–20% across 4 contribution branches · in force from 2023-07-01 · Official source: National Social Security Fund Act [Cap. 50], ss2, 12, 13, 14 and the First… · last verified 11 Aug 2026
| key | label | rate total | rate employee | rate employer | unit | base | employer matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nssf | National Social Security Fund (NSSF) — Mfuko wa Taifa wa Hifadhi ya Jamii | 20 | 10 | 10 | percent | "Wages" as defined in s2 of the NSSF Act: "remuneration in money paid to an employee under his contract of service or apprenticeship … (a) in respect of normal periods of work to be performed by the employee; or (b) where payment is calculated in relation to set tasks or journeys completed by the employee; or (c) where payment is calculated in relation to the volume of work done, in respect of the volume completed by the employee, and includes any allowance paid by the employer to the employee either directly or by implication in respect of living and any payment of wages in lieu of notice of termination of employment". NO CEILING and no floor — the percentage runs on the whole wage. | true |
| 20% of gross wage, split 10% employee / 10% employer, with NO CEILING at any earnings level — a payroll engine that caps NSSF is wrong. The employee's share is a MAXIMUM, not a fixed split: NSSF's own contribution page states the employee's share "should not exceed 10% of his… | |||||||
| wcf | Workers Compensation Fund (WCF) — Mfuko wa Fidia kwa Wafanyakazi | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | percent | The employee's monthly earnings, which WCF states as "mshahara (basic salary) na posho anazolipwa pamoja na mshahara na zisizobadilika" — basic salary plus the fixed allowances paid together with the monthly salary. Variable allowances are outside the base. No ceiling. | false |
| EMPLOYER-ONLY AND NOT DEDUCTIBLE FROM PAY. WCF states the rule in terms: "Michango hiyo hulipwa na mwajiri na haitakiwi kukatwa kwenye mishahara ya wafanyakazi" — the contributions are paid by the employer and must not be deducted from employees' wages. PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR… | |||||||
| sdl | Skills and Development Levy (SDL) — employer-only payroll levy | 3.5 | 0 | 3.5 | percent | "Gross emolument of all payments made by the employer to the employees employed by such employer in the particular time (month)" — TRA states this as "a sum of amount from salaries, wages, payments in lieu of leave, fees, commissions, bonuses, gratuity, any subsistence travelling, entertainment or other allowance received by employee in respect of employment or service rendered". Payments at intervals shorter or longer than a month are annualised into a deemed monthly chargeable emolument. No ceiling. | false |
| SERVED WITH A CAVEAT: SDL IS A PAYROLL LEVY, NOT SOCIAL INSURANCE. It buys the employee no benefit, no entitlement and no individual account — it funds vocational education and training. It is included here because any engine computing Tanzanian employer payroll cost that omits… | |||||||
| nhif | National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) — statutory contribution, Government employees only | 6 | 3 | 3 | percent | "Salary" as defined in s3 of the NHIF Act: "gross salary of the member payable to an employee in consideration of the service rendered under the contract of service or apprenticeship or any other form of office of call, EXCLUDING bonus, commission, cost of living allowance, overtime payment, director's fees or any other additional emoluments". No ceiling. | true |
| NOT PAYABLE BY AN ORDINARY PRIVATE-SECTOR EMPLOYER. This branch is served because it is Tanzania's statutory health-insurance contribution and is routinely mis-applied to private payrolls, but on the face of the Act it does not reach them: the s3 definition of "employer" is… | |||||||
Tax filing deadlines
4 deadline rules · in force from — · Official source: 4 rules, each cited to its own official source; series-level citation is the… · last verified 29 Oct 2026
| key | tax | obligation | label | frequency | applies to | confidence | last confirmed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vat-return-payment-monthly | vat | return_and_payment | VAT return and payment — monthly | monthly | VAT-registered taxpayers (Tanzania Mainland, administered by TRA) | primary | 2026-10-29 | TRA |
| The anchor states the payment date by reference to 'the return'; the same page adds that a taxpayer must submit the return whether or not VAT is payable. Treating the return as due the same day is an interpretation of that wording. | ||||||||
| paye-payment-monthly | paye | payment | PAYE payment — monthly | monthly | Employers withholding PAYE (Tanzania Mainland) | primary | 2026-10-29 | TRA |
| 7 days after month end = the 7th of the following month. The six-monthly PAYE employer return is not stated on the fetched TRA pages and is not seeded. | ||||||||
| cit-instalments-quarterly | cit | provisional_payment | Income tax instalments (provisional assessed tax) — quarterly | quarterly | Taxpayers paying income tax by instalments (companies and individuals required to prepare audited accounts) | primary | 2026-10-29 | TRA |
| Quarterly instalments at the end of months 3, 6, 9 and 12 of the accounting period. TRA's Corporation Tax page adds that the statement of estimated tax payable (provisional return) is filed with the first instalment ('the payment of first instalment tax is due when the… | ||||||||
| cit-final-return-annual | cit | return_and_payment | Final return of income (and balance of tax) | annual | Corporations and other income taxpayers | primary | 2026-10-29 | TRA |
| 'Within six months after the end of the year of income' modelled as the last day of the 6th month (30 June for a December year end). | ||||||||
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