Starting a company in Tanzania

The registration steps this portal is asked to summarise.

Foreign company

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These are the steps named for a foreign business that wants to operate in Tanzania. Each line is a signpost. The office that issues the document sets the form and the fee.

Steps for a foreign company

  1. 1 Certificate of compliance BRELA records a foreign company that carries on business in Tanzania.
  2. 2 TIN for foreigners without a NIDA ID A taxpayer number for a person who has no national identity number.
  3. 3 TIN for companies The company’s own taxpayer number.
  4. 4 Tax clearance certificate Evidence that tax obligations are in order before a licence is issued.
  5. 5 Business licence Permission to trade, issued for the place where the business operates.
  6. 6 VAT registration Register for value-added tax when turnover reaches the threshold.
  7. 7 National social security Register employees with the national social security scheme.
  8. 8 Occupational safety and health Register the workplace with the safety authority.
  9. 9 Workers Compensation Fund Cover for injury at work.