Tanzania VAT rate
Standard value-added tax rate, Mainland Tanzania.
| Current value | 18 percent |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2015-07-01 |
| Official source | Tanzania Revenue Authority — VAT (VAT Act, 2014, Cap 148) |
| Last verified | 2026-07-15 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
The 18% rate itself has been unchanged since 1 July 2009 (cut from 20%); 2015-07-01 is the VAT Act 2014 commencement. Finance Act 2025 introduced a reduced 16% rate (from 1 Sep 2025) for standard-rated supplies to VAT-unregistered individuals paying via approved bank/electronic channels. Zanzibar levies its own VAT (ZRA) at a 15% standard rate. Finance Act 2026 (1 July 2026) made no change to the standard rate; changes typically take effect 1 July via the annual Finance Act.
Get it programmatically
curl https://afriref.dev/v1/tz/vat
# $0.001 per call — x402 on Base (USDC). No key, no signup.
# History: curl https://afriref.dev/v1/tz/vat/history?from=2020-01-01
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