By Our Correspondent
Dar es Salaam. President Samia Suluhu Hassan on July 29,
2024, during the 15th meeting of the Tanzania National Business Council (TNBC) announced
to form a team charged with the evaluation and advisory on tax matters in the
country.
She has appointed former Chief Secretary, Ambassador Ombeni
Sefue, as the chairman of the Presidential Commission on Tax Reforms, according
to a press statement announced on Wednesday, (July 31) tasked with evaluating
and advising on tax issues.
“The president formed the commission
to evaluate and advise on tax reforms,” reads part of a press statement signed
by the acting director of the presidential communications, Ms Sharifa Nyanga.
Other committee members include former Bank of Tanzania
(BoT) governor, Prof Florens Luoga; the ex-Controller and Auditor General
(CAG), Prof Mussa Assad, the commissioner for external finance at the Ministry
of Finance, who is also former Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) commissioner
general, Mr Rished Bade; as well as the former PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC)
Tanzania chief executive officer, Mr Leonard Mususa.
Others are the tax expert and former head of the tax
advisory department at PwC, Mr David Tarimo, the Zanzibar University (ZU)
senior lecturer Aboubakar Mohamed Aboubakar; the legal advisor, Ambassador
Mwanaidi Maajar, and the former permanent secretary, Ambassador Maimuna
Tarishi.