TRA collects Sh9.3trn, exceeds third quarter targets

Dar es Salaam. The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has surpassed its revenue collection goals for the third quarter of the 2025/26 financial year.

Commissioner General, Yusuf Mwenda, confirmed that the Authority collected Sh9.31 trillion between January and March 2026.

This figure exceeded the initial target of Sh8.75 trillion, representing a performance rate of 106.4 percent.

March recorded the highest monthly intake with Sh3.58 trillion collected against a Sh3.32 trillion target.

This monthly result reflects an efficiency rate of 107.6 per cent.

Earlier in the quarter, January collections reached Sh3.04 trillion while February brought in Sh2.69 trillion.

These figures show a consistent upward trajectory in revenue mobilisation throughout the three-month period.

Year-on-year growth remains strong with a 23.6 per cent increase compared to the same quarter in the 2024/25 financial year.

Total collections for the first nine months of the current cycle have reached Sh28.005 trillion.

This cumulative total puts the TRA ahead of its Sh26.773 trillion target for the July to March period.

Administrative improvements have contributed significantly to these results.

The cost of collection remains low at 2.41 percent, indicating high operational efficiency.

Additionally, Tanzania's tax-to-GDP ratio has increased from 13.7 per cent to 14.1 percent.

Officials attribute these gains to technological integration, stricter enforcement against evasion, and enhanced taxpayer education.

The Authority remains on track to meet its full-year objectives as domestic revenue mobilisation becomes a more central component of the national economy.

Improved compliance and the closure of tax loopholes continue to drive the current surplus.