{"meta":{"slug":"tz","iso2":"TZ","name":"Tanzania","status":"in progress","lead":"","notes":"Initial research; seed pass incomplete. Scope includes national, regional and sampled local research. Geography is provisional: the NBS 2022 census ward attributes identify 31 regions and 195 council areas (184 mainland and 11 Zanzibar); a 2023/24 Zanzibar report also lists Zanzibar City Council, which may overlap constituent municipalities. Council code components are recorded in notes but not asserted as unique official full codes. No map: NBS 2022 shapefile does not state an open licence; HDX CC BY-IGO 2018 district boundaries do not match the council tier.","supporters":9,"evidence":12,"A":6,"B":2,"C":1,"units":226,"units_done":0,"units_with_supporters":0,"updated":"2026-10-29","excluded":9,"polls":[],"map_source":"","map_licence":["",""],"chambers":[],"featured":[["A0001","Balozi Morwa","economist","Economist and researcher","This means innovating new sources of taxes, such as broad-based wealth and property taxation.","https://quarterlyreview.net/ojs/index.php/aqssr/article/download/28/19/76","African Quarterly Social Science Review","2024"],["A0008","Netho Ndilito","academic","Researcher; Director of Policy and Planning","This means innovating new sources of taxes, such as broad-based wealth and property taxation.","https://quarterlyreview.net/ojs/index.php/aqssr/article/download/28/19/76","African Quarterly Social Science Review","2024"]],"types":{"economist":2,"ngo_campaign":2,"faith":2,"think_tank":1,"academic":1,"union":1},"designs":{"wealth_tax_unspecified":8,"unrealised_gains":1},"numeric":"834"},"P":[["A0001","Balozi Morwa","person","economist","Economist and researcher","Catholic University of Mbeya","national","Tanzania","A",4,"2024","2026-05-22",["wealth_tax_unspecified"],"","","",[],[],""],["A0002","Development Finance International","organisation","think_tank","Co-publisher of a Southern African inequality report","","national","Tanzania","A",1,"2022-05","2022-05",["wealth_tax_unspecified"],"International actor: recommendation addressed the SADC region, including Tanzania.","","",[],[],""],["A0003","Oxfam International","organisation","ngo_campaign","Co-publisher of a Southern African inequality report","","national","Tanzania","A",1,"2022-05","2022-05",["wealth_tax_unspecified"],"International actor: recommendation addressed the SADC region, including Tanzania.","","",[],[["website","https://www.oxfam.org/"],["x","https://x.com/oxfamgb"],["instagram","https://www.instagram.com/oxfaminternational/"],["facebook","https://www.facebook.com/oxfamGB"],["youtube","https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP19oUtmzamYAOTuOpTfThg"],["wikipedia","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfam"]],"Q267941"],["A0004","Norwegian Church Aid","organisation","faith","Co-publisher of a Southern African inequality report","","national","Tanzania","A",1,"2022-05","2022-05",["wealth_tax_unspecified"],"International actor: recommendation addressed the SADC region, including Tanzania.","","",[],[],""],["A0007","Nelson Kisare","person","faith","Bishop; chair of the Interfaith Standing Committee on Economic Justice and Integrity of Creation","Tanzania Mennonite Church","national","Tanzania","C",1,"2024-12-05","2024-12-05",["wealth_tax_unspecified"],"","","",[],[],""],["A0008","Netho Ndilito","person","academic","Researcher; Director of Policy and Planning","Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development","national","Tanzania","A",1,"2024","2024",["wealth_tax_unspecified"],"Co-authored the 2024 paper while affiliated with the University of Dodoma.","","",[],[],""],["A0009","Public Services International","organisation","union","International tax-justice campaign supporter","","national","Tanzania","B",1,"2023-03","2023-03",["unrealised_gains"],"International trade-union federation. 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Global declaration, not an explicitly Tanzania-specific proposal.","","",[],[],""],["A0022","Moritz Meier-Ewert","person","economist","Economist; author of the UNCTAD report on Tanzania","UNCTAD","national","Tanzania","A",1,"2025","2025",["wealth_tax_unspecified"],"International actor based outside Tanzania; his report is addressed specifically to Tanzania.","","",[],[],""]],"E":[["A0001","2026-05-22","B","publication","wealth_tax_unspecified","","Recommendations include introducing wealth and inheritance taxes","https://tanzania.fes.de/news/wealth-tax-launch.html","Launching The Case for a Wealth Tax in Tanzania at the Policy Dialogue on Tax Incentives","Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Tanzania","","E00001"],["A0001","2025-12","A","publication","wealth_tax_unspecified","Broad-based wealth taxation; discussion includes a net wealth tax and exemptions.","new sources of tax revenue, such as broad-based wealth and property taxation, should be developed.","https://collections.fes.de/publikationen/download/pdf/1971253","A Progressive Tax System to Fund a Fair Future: The Case for a Wealth Tax in Tanzania","Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Tanzania","https://web.archive.org/web/20260408125043/https://collections.fes.de/publikationen/download/pdf/1971253","E00002"],["A0002","2022-05","A","report","wealth_tax_unspecified","Tax on the stock of wealth including offshore holdings; 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design left open.","The study recommends, that taxes on wealth are a policy instrument to address wealth inequality and could raise substantial revenue","https://ter.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/ter/article/view/183","Fighting inequality through progressive taxation: Tanzania Context","Tanzanian Economic Review (University of Dar es Salaam)","https://web.archive.org/web/20250429110200/https://ter.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/ter/article/view/183","E00028"],["A0022","2025","A","report","wealth_tax_unspecified","A small wealth tax for Tanzania, given the concentration of income and wealth in the top decile; no rate or threshold.","Introduce a small wealth tax","https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/aldc2024d4_en.pdf","Combating inequality and poverty in the United Republic of Tanzania: Policy analysis and options","UNCTAD","https://web.archive.org/web/20260117143005/https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/aldc2024d4_en.pdf","E00029"]],"C":[],"UP":[],"vb":null,"O":[["Tanzania (country level)","national","in_progress","",["A0001","A0002","A0003","A0004","A0007","A0008","A0009","A0015","A0022"],"Tanzania"]],"L":[],"R":[],"R2":[],"legis":[]}