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Africa-Press<\/a> – Tanzania<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>AUTHORITIES are reevaluating activities under religious institutions to identify business and services offered by the ministry\u2014the move that will help the government award exclusive tax exemptions on not for profit activities.<\/p>\n

President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced on Tuesday in Dodoma during the 50th anniversary celebration of the Anglican Church, that only institution that are legitimately providing service will be awarded the tax holiday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome institutions are basically providing education and health services. These institutions will also be considered on grounds that the charges they impose is almost the same to private sector,\u201d she said. \u201cSo definitely, those doing service will receive the tax waiver.\u201d<\/p>\n

She insisted institutions that are getting profit in the name of service will continue paying tax.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Tanzania. AUTHORITIES are reevaluating activities under religious institutions to identify business and services offered by the ministry\u2014the move that will help the government award exclusive tax exemptions on not for profit activities. President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced on Tuesday in Dodoma during the 50th anniversary celebration of the Anglican Church, that only institution […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":37539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8,16],"tags":[6990,6991,711],"class_list":["post-37540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press-2","tag-africa-press-tanzania","tag-tanzania"],"yoast_head":"\nGovt considers tax exemption on \u201creligious service\u201d - Tanzania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"AUTHORITIES are reevaluating activities under religious institutions to identify business and services offered by the mi ...\" \/>\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-considers-tax-exemption-on-religious-service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt considers tax exemption on \u201creligious service\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AUTHORITIES are reevaluating activities under religious institutions to identify business and services offered by the mi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/govt-considers-tax-exemption-on-religious-service\" \/>\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=\"2021-09-28T15:58:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2021\/09\/img-6153308d41bdb.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\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\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\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-considers-tax-exemption-on-religious-service#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/govt-considers-tax-exemption-on-religious-service\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Govt considers tax exemption on \u201creligious service\u201d\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-28T15:58:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/govt-considers-tax-exemption-on-religious-service\"},\"wordCount\":131,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/govt-considers-tax-exemption-on-religious-service#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2021\/09\/img-6153308d41bdb.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Tanzania\",\"tanzania\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/govt-considers-tax-exemption-on-religious-service#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/govt-considers-tax-exemption-on-religious-service\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/govt-considers-tax-exemption-on-religious-service\",\"name\":\"Govt considers tax exemption on \u201creligious service\u201d - 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