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Student's Book Form Five

Certificate of compliance
This is provided to foreign companies that have been established, registered, and operate in
other countries. To operate also in Tanzania, they need to have a Certificate of Compliance.
This certificate is awarded by the BRELA and BPRA to those foreign companies that
intend to open their branches and operate in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar. Figure
FOR ONLINE READING ONLY
5.6 shows samples of certificates of compliance for Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar.

Issued by BRELA Issued by BPRA

Figure 5.6: Samples of certificates of compliance

Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) certificate
Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) is a unique tax identification number for
individuals, firms or companies. In Tanzania Mainland, upon a company’s registration
and acquisition of its incorporation number, the business is also required to have a
TIN, which is granted by the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA). Nonetheless, for the
process to be fully completed and to obtain the original TIN Certificate, the company
must submit the requisite forms and documentation to the relevant tax authorities.

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