Public Limited Company PLCTanzania
What it takes to form, own and run a public limited company in Tanzania, and how its profit is taxed. Each figure links to the page it was read from.
This company type
At a glance
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189. A company shall have at least two directors, save for a
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3.–(1) Any two or more persons, associated for any lawful purpose may, by subscribing their names to a memorandum of association and otherwise complying with the requirements of this Act in respect of registration, form an incorporated company
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Corporation Tax is a tax charged on taxable income (Profits) of entities such as limited companies
Form it
Who registers it
- Registry
- Formed without visiting
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- Formed online
- Yes
What it takes to form
- A notary
- Not required
- A resident director
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- Paying up the capital
- No minimum paid-up capital is prescribed; the memorandum states the amount of share capital (Companies Act s.5(4)).
Own it
Who may own and run it
- Directors
- At least 2 · a company may be one
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189. A company shall have at least two directors, save for a
- Shareholders
- At least 2
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3.–(1) Any two or more persons, associated for any lawful
- Members
- At least 2
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3.–(1) Any two or more persons, associated for any lawful
- A local company secretary
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- A local registered agent
- Not required
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113.–(1) A company shall, at all times have a registered office
Each year, at the registry
- Annual registry fee
- TZS 22,000
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Gharama za kujaza taarifa ya mwaka (Annual Return) 22,000/=
- Accounts on the public record
- Yes
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(a) inspect the documents kept by the Registrar, on
- Audit for a small company
- Required
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173.–(1) Subject to section 174, every company shall at each
- Audit
- Not in our records
Important dates
When each obligation falls due, as the authority states it.
Not in our records No dates for the PLC are in our records.
What is public
- Directors
- Public
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during business hours be open to the inspection of any member
- Shareholders
- Public
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during business hours be open to the inspection of any member
- Beneficial owners
- To the authorities only
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during business hours be open to the inspection of any member
Tax
Tax on profit
How this company type is taxed, which can differ from its place’s headline rate.
Flat · 30%
Corporation tax on total income of a corporation, resident and non-resident, at 30% (TRA Taxes and Duties at a Glance 2025/26); reduced 25% for a newly listed DSE company and 20% for qualifying new pharmaceutical or leather manufacturers.
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Corporation Tax is a tax charged on taxable income (Profits) of entities such as limited companies
Work it out on a profit figure: the company’s tax, the owner’s, and what is left.
- CFC rules in Tanzania
- Not in our records
Close it
Closing it
The other end, which most guides leave out.
- Route
- Winding up by the court or voluntarily (Companies Act s.270), voluntary winding up being by special resolution or on expiry of the company's duration (s.336); the Registrar may also strike a defunct company off the register after notices, whereupon it is dissolved.
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270.–(1) The winding up of a company may be either- (a) by the court; or (b) voluntary.
- Statutory fee
- Not in our records
Every business in Tanzania
VAT
- Standard rate
- Not in our recordsThe tax authority’s pages have not been read for Tanzania.
Payment and banking services
None of the services whose lists we hold names Tanzania. Each provider, and what a listing means.
Reference
Its name and code
- Kind
- Public limited companyDerived our grouping, the same words in every country
- Name in law
- Public Limited Company (PLC)
- ISO 20275 code
- JZEDSecondary GLEIF, Entity Legal Forms code list