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Videos

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Short partner-led explainers on Tanzanian audit, tax, IFRS and governance. New videos posted monthly. Embed placeholders below, swap with your published Claritas channel content.

Featured · Tax·April 2026·14 min

The 2026 Finance Act in fourteen minutes.

What changed for transfer pricing, VAT, withholding tax and corporate income tax, explained in plain English with a decision tree for what to do next. Angelica Tarimo, Partner, Tax.

IFRS·Mar 2026·8 min

IFRS 9 ECL, what every CFO should know

Expected credit loss in plain English. The model, the inputs, the regulator’s lens.

Governance·Feb 2026·9 min

Audit-committee charters that work

A walk-through of the one-page charter test, and the 5 questions every chair should ask.

NGO·Jan 2026·11 min

USAID grant compliance, what auditors look for

Statement of expenditure, eligibility testing, the documentation packet that makes audit easy.

Tax·Dec 2025·6 min

Transfer pricing, local file in 6 minutes

The five sections every Tanzanian local file needs, and the three places they go wrong.

Founders·Nov 2025·9 min

Founder finance, your first audit, what to expect

A first-time guide for founders heading into a statutory audit, what we ask for, why, and how long it takes.

Audit·Oct 2025·12 min

Going concern, how auditors form a view

What going-concern testing looks like, what management assertions matter, and what the committee should challenge.

Reports

Downloadable PDFs.

Longer formal reports from the firm, transparency reports, sector outlooks, and CPD-eligible technical guides. PDF, free to download.

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Featured · Tax
Tax · 2026 · 28 pages · PDF

2026 Finance Act, transfer-pricing readiness guide

Full write-up of the documentation thresholds, master-file alignment and TRA-defence implications, with a one-page risk-review template.

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Audit · IFRS 17 · 2026 · 36 pages · PDF

IFRS 17, year-three audit-committee handbook

Measurement-model audit, transition disclosure pitfalls, TIRA expectations, and what to escalate to the board, by audit-committee chair.

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Tax Calendar · Tanzania · 2026

The dates that matter.

A live calendar of Tanzanian tax filing and payment deadlines. Maintained by the Claritas tax practice; refreshed after each TRA notice and Finance Act change.

Today
11 May2026
Calendar last updated this morning by the Claritas tax desk.
In the next 7 days
2 deadlines
VAT & WHT (15 May), and SDL (20 May).
In the next 30 days
5 deadlines
Including Provisional Tax Q1 and BRELA returns.

May 2026

Mon
Tue
Wed
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Fri
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01Public Holiday
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07PAYE
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15VAT · WHT
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20SDL
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Recurring obligations

Every recurring deadline, in one table.

Filtered by tax type, entity type and frequency. Click any row for the source citation.

ObligationTax typeEntityFrequencyDue

PAYE, Pay As You Earn return & remittance

Income Tax Act · TRA
TRAAll employersMonthly07th of following month

SDL, Skills & Development Levy

Vocational Education Training Act
TRAEmployers (10+ staff)Monthly07th of following month

VAT return & payment

VAT Act 2014
TRAVAT-registeredMonthly20th of following month

WHT, Withholding Tax remittance

Income Tax Act s.83
TRAAll payersMonthly07th of following month

Provisional tax, quarterly instalment

Income Tax Act s.88
TRACompaniesQuarterly30 May, 30 Aug, 30 Nov, 28 Feb

Corporate income tax return

Income Tax Act
TRACompaniesAnnual6 mths after FY-end

NSSF / WCF contributions

NSSF Act · WCF Act
StatutoryAll employersMonthlyLast day of following month

BRELA annual return

Companies Act 2002
StatutoryAll companiesAnnualWithin 28 days of AGM

Transfer pricing documentation

2026 Finance Act
TRAEligible MNE entitiesAnnualBy return filing date
Annual key dates

The four quarters that anchor the year.

Quarterly milestones for any Tanzanian-resident company on a calendar fiscal year. Adjust dates if your year-end differs from 31 December.

Q1
By 30 May

First provisional-tax instalment for current FY. Audit kick-off planning sessions.

Q2
By 30 August

Second provisional-tax instalment. Half-year management accounts review.

Q3
By 30 November

Third provisional-tax instalment. Year-end audit fieldwork begins for 31-Dec FY-ends.

Q4
By 28 February

Final provisional-tax instalment. Statutory audit submissions for 31-Dec FY-ends.

Email reminders

Get notified before the dates that cost you.

One email per deadline, sent on your chosen lead time. Choose which obligations matter to your entity. Unsubscribe from the email itself.

General information only, not professional tax advice. Confirm your specific filings with TRA or your tax adviser. Calendar maintained by the Claritas tax practice.
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