The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) is a government agency

Government agency

A government or state agency is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency. There is a notable variety of agency types...

 of Tanzania

Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

, charged with the responsibility of managing the assessment, collection and accounting of all central government revenue

Revenue

In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....

. It is a semi-autonomous body that operates in conjunction with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs

Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Tanzania

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs is a government ministry of Tanzania. According to its website, the Ministry "manages the overall revenue, expenditure and financing of the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and provides the Government with advice on the broad financial...

. The current chairperson of the TRA is Dr. Mrs. Marcellina M. Chijoriga. Offices of the TRA are located in Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam , formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre. Dar es Salaam is actually an administrative province within Tanzania, and consists of three local government areas or administrative districts: ...

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