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Author: SYLIVESTER DOMASA\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> Government has opposed a request from small-scale miners to remove or reduce royalty and clearance fee paid to the state, saying the payments are non-taxes and designed to improve efficiency and offer the public a share of the mining industry’s profits.<\/p>\n

A small-scale miner and retired teacher, Mr John Luhemeja had demanded at a forum that the six per cent royalty and one per cent clearance fee are in addition to the income tax and service levy that small-scale miners are compelled to pay.<\/p>\n

He claimed that the payments were a replica of colonial practice and needed to be removed or lowered to help artisanal miners across the country.<\/p>\n

“We’re required to pay all these charges, yet at the end of the year we’re also forced to pay income tax,” he said at a business forum at the ongoing Geita international mining machinery technology and investment expo.<\/p>\n

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Minerals Prof Simon Msanjila said the mineral resources are for the public, not individuals.<\/p>\n

He said that the royalty and clearance fees are not taxes and that the government reforms in the mining sector abolished Value-Added Tax (VAT) of 18 per cent and withholding tax that was charged five percent to smallholder miners.<\/p>\n

These taxes still apply on middle and large-scale mining companies, he noted.<\/p>\n

The one per cent clearing fee on the value of mineral exports was introduced in 2017\/18 financial year as part of the government measures aimed at getting a bigger share of revenues from the country’s natural resources.<\/p>\n

The clearance fee, according to Prof Msanjila, was imposed to facilitate inspection costs incurred by state authorities.<\/p>\n

“It is specifically charged on the value of mineral exports.” Prof Riziki Shemdoe, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said the government adopted a business blueprint last year that targeted to improve doing business in the country.<\/p>\n

He explained that on the mining sector the scheme targeted the business, legal fragmentation, taxes and institutional framework.<\/p>\n

“We adopted the blueprint amending conflicting legislation such as local government laws that imposed unstructured charges and duties to investors.<\/p>\n

We also amended laws governing the transportation of radiations to give the country a competitive advantage in the region,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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