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Business Studies for Secondary Schools
Exercise 3.2 The procedures for registering a small
business vary depending on the type
Makyara owns an unregistered retail of licence being sought and the locality
shop in Katoro. One day, she meets a of operation, both in the Tanzania
childhood friend who studied Business Mainland and Zanzibar. However, the
Studies. During their conversation, general procedures for issuing a business
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her friend advises her to register the licence, registering a business name, and
business. While Makyara agrees, she acquiring a TIN are almost similar in both
remains uncertain about the necessary the Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar. To
documents required for business register a small business in Tanzania
registration. Using your knowledge Mainland and Zanzibar, the following
and research from other sources, procedures should be followed:
explain the significance of the business (a) Register the business name with
licence, TIN certificate, certificate BRELA or BPRA in Tanzania
of registration, and tax clearance Mainland or Zanzibar, respectively.
certificate that she needs to obtain.
It is important to register a business
Procedures for registering a small name to have the right to own the
business trading name of the business.
(b) Apply for TIN and secure the TIN
Activity 3.5 certificate from TRA or ZRA.
(c) Acquire a business licence from
Using the school library resources or BRELA or LGAs, depending on the
other resources connected to the internet, nature of the business.
perform the following activities: (d) The business is registered and ready
(a) Craft and register your unique for operation.
business name on either the The following section provides details
BRELA portal (for business on registration processes at the LGAs,
in Tanzania Mainland) or the BRELA, BPRA, TRA, and ZRA levels.
BPRA portal (for business in Notably, most applications are made
Zanzibar), outline each step you online.
have followed, and document the
challenges encountered; and Procedures for business name
(b) Apply for a tax identification registration
number on the TRA portal or The following are the procedures for a
ZRA portal, outline each step you business name registration:
have followed, and document the Creating an account: Currently, this is
challenges encountered. done through the Online Registration
System (ORS). The owner or applicant
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