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Africa-Press<\/a> – Tanzania<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The government suggested on Thursday to remove Value-Added Tax (VAT) on imported artificial grasses for football stadiums in the country as it attempts to improve sports, games and talents.<\/p>\n

Addressing the National Assembly in Dodoma, Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Mwigulu Nchemba said the plan will involve an agreement between the government and the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe exemption will involve consent from the Tanzania Football Federation. The aim of this initiative is to develop sports and promote talent in the country\u201d he said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Tanzania. The government suggested on Thursday to remove Value-Added Tax (VAT) on imported artificial grasses for football stadiums in the country as it attempts to improve sports, games and talents. Addressing the National Assembly in Dodoma, Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Mwigulu Nchemba said the plan will involve an agreement between the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":30603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17,16],"tags":[6990,6991,711],"class_list":["post-30604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","category-twitter","tag-africa-press-2","tag-africa-press-tanzania","tag-tanzania"],"yoast_head":"\nGovt freezes VAT on imported artificial grass - Tanzania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The government suggested on Thursday to remove Value-Added Tax (VAT) on imported artificial grasses for football stadium ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/govt-freezes-vat-on-imported-artificial-grass\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt freezes VAT on imported artificial grass\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The government suggested on Thursday to remove Value-Added Tax (VAT) on imported artificial grasses for football stadium ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/govt-freezes-vat-on-imported-artificial-grass\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tanzania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-11T13:16:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2021\/06\/img-60c35ff740b7c.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1118\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/govt-freezes-vat-on-imported-artificial-grass#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/govt-freezes-vat-on-imported-artificial-grass\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Govt freezes VAT on imported artificial grass\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-11T13:16:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/govt-freezes-vat-on-imported-artificial-grass\"},\"wordCount\":96,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/govt-freezes-vat-on-imported-artificial-grass#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2021\/06\/img-60c35ff740b7c.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Tanzania\",\"tanzania\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/govt-freezes-vat-on-imported-artificial-grass#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/govt-freezes-vat-on-imported-artificial-grass\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/govt-freezes-vat-on-imported-artificial-grass\",\"name\":\"Govt freezes VAT on imported artificial grass - 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