TRA launches campaign to promote EFDs receipts use  

Dubbed ‘Tuwajibike’, the campaign will be implemented across the country and supervised by the authority’s mangers at district and regional level, Richard Kayombo, director of taxpayer services and education said in Dar es Salaam when briefing journalists on the new campaign.

“We would like to call upon traders eligible for issuance of EFD receipts to do so whenever they sell their products. Buyers must also demand for genuine EFD receipts for every purchase they make to avoid unnecessary inconveniences,” said Kayombo stressing the campaign will be sustainable.

He said through taxes the government will be able to deliver good services to the people, thus bringing social and economic development.

According to him, a genuine electronic receipt must meet the main criteria which includes, name of the trader or business, the actual date of sale, an actual amount of money paid for the particular product or service as well as a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) of the buyer or both.

He said violators will be punished in accordance with the laws whereas traders who will be found not to issue genuine EFD receipts, will be penalized to pay between 3m/- and 4.5m/- or imprisonment of not more than 3 years or both.

Kayombo said that a buyer who will be proved to make purchases without claiming electronic receipt, will be fined to pay between 30,000 to 1.5m/-.

He added during the campaign, TRA officers will remind and encourage traders and service providers across the country to make sure they issue electronic receipts.

“The law requires to make maintenance of the devices within 48hrs and thereafter they are required to record all the daily sales electronically. Traders who are eligible to use EFDs are not allowed to issue manual receipts for more than two days,” he said.

He said buyers must be careful in ensuring the provided EFD receipts are genuine and the written amount of money corresponds the prices they have paid for the goods.

He urged traders to comply with the country laws in the issuance of EFD receipts warning some deceitful traders who uses a single receipt to transport goods from one place to another.

He also called upon traders conducting courier services to make sure they provide electronic receipts. He said most of the courier services providers do not issue receipts, the thing that is against the laws.