Tanzania - Refund on Value Added Tax

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To get Refund on Value Added Tax, the applicant has to visit the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) contact link
2. The applicant must obtain the application form from the office and fill it up with all the necessary information in it.
3. The applicant must carry both photocopies and originals of all the documents that are needed for completing this procedure.
4. Documents that are needed for completing this procedure are mentioned under the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. The applicant should make sure to attach all the needed documents along with the application form before submitting it at the office.
6. The fee for this procedure has to be paid as per the authority’s request.
7. After all these procedures are done, the applicant will be provided with the information on how long it will take for them to get the refund on Value Added Tax.
8. The applicant can visit the office at the day mentioned by the concerned authorities.
9. If there is no information regarding the document is provided, the applicant can visit the office to know the status of their application.

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Required Documents

• Completed Application Form
• Certificate of Genuineness
• Computation of the refund amount
• Checklist for the applicant’s value added tax repayment

For a case of Regularly Repayment traders:

• Single Bill of Entry
• 'Bill of Landing
• Airway bill
• Road consignment note
• Landing certificate
• EFDs receipts/invoices

Office Locations & Contacts

Tanzania Revenue Authority,
Location: Dar es Salaam
Address: Headquarters, Postcode: 28, Edward Sokoine Drive, 11105 Mchafukoge, Ilala CBD, P.O. Box 11491, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Contact No: (+255) 800 750 075
Contact link
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Location link

Eligibility

• The following circumstances allow for the request of a refund: VAT exporters who make them throughout any tax period.
• VAT dealers who have carried a credit forward for 24 months since the Act's start date.
• VAT dealers who, if they have been in operation for 12 months, carry forward credit up until March each year

Fees

• The fee for this procedure has to be paid as per the authority’s request.

Validity

• Refund on Value Added Tax is valid forever.

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

• The processing time for this procedure will be provided by the concerned authorities.

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Instructions

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Required Information

• Name of the Applicant
• Refund Amount
• Reason for VAT Refund
• Tax Repayment details
• Contact Number
• Signature
• Email Address

Need for the Document

• Refund on VAT is necessary for having the amount refunded to the respective person.
• VAT Refund is nothing but money paid back to the trader.
• A taxable person will be entitled to a refund of VAT when in a particular prescribed accounting period when the tax liabilities are not exhausted by allowable deductions or where its returns for prescribed accounting periods regularly results in excess credits.

Information which might help

• For more information please check the following link

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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External Links

• Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) link

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