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Business Studies for Secondary Schools
(i) Introduction letter from LGAs; Challenges facing small businesses
(ii) Certified lease agreement or during registration
title deed; and Many small businesses in Tanzania face
(iii) Power of Attorney. several challenges during the registration
(e) Submit the request to the Authority process, as they are not fully utilising
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for review. the technology or digital tools required
Activity 3.6 for the registration process. Small
businesses lack the required knowledge
and infrastructure to adopt modern
Visit at least two registered small technology, which limits their ability
businesses in your locality and explore to use online platforms developed by
how they got registered, the challenges business regulatory authorities such as the
they encountered, and how they TRA, ZRA, LGAs, BRELA, and BPRA.
managed to overcome them. Write a
plan showing the steps you will follow Solutions to challenges facing small
to register your business. businesses during registration
To assist and facilitate small businesses’
Exercise 3.3 registration process with the responsible
government agencies and authorities, the
Wema is an established business owner LGAs have established a help desk in
who has four types of businesses in Municipal and District Councils through
Morogoro. She realised that many the Trade Department. These help desks
business owners like her struggle to target helping small businesses, in
register their businesses. Most of the particular, understand the registration
time, they reach out to her for guidance. procedures. Again, LGAs provide
She decided to open a consultancy training to small business owners and
firm that helps small business owners some individuals from local stationery
with information to register their shops who provide help with business
businesses. She has asked you to help registrations to improve compliance
her to create a process of acquiring and reduce the rate of non-compliant
business licence from BRELA and businesses.
BPRA, and TIN from TRA and ZRA
to add to her portfolio. Despite the challenges facing small business
(a) Describe the procedures for registration, the first obligation of a small
business is to ensure that the business is
acquiring a business licence from registered and the necessary licences are
BRELA and BPRA. acquired before its commencement. Failure
(b) What are the steps small businesses to acquire the necessary licences calls for
are supposed to follow to get a different sanctions for non-compliance.
TIN certificate?
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