TRA Public Notice On Electronic Fiscal Devices With Protocol 2.1 Software

In Mainland Tanzania, suppliers of goods and services whose annual turnover is TZS 14 million or more are required to issue receipts (or invoices) through Electronic Fiscal Devices (EFDs), known as fiscalised receipts (or fiscalised invoices).

The Value Added Tax Act 2014 also requires VAT registered persons wishing to claim input value added tax (VAT) on their local purchases to be in possession of fiscalised invoices/receipts at the time of recording these claims in the VAT returns.

The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has issued a Public Notice (Notice) dated 7 December 2020, requiring suppliers of goods and services to either acquire new EFDs or upgrade their current EFDs to be in line with Protocol 2.1 software before 6 January 2021.