Acacia starts corporate tax payments in Tanzania

8th March 2016

By: Creamer Media Reporter

  

Font size: - +

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Gold miner Acacia Mining has started paying corporate tax under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA).

“We proactively initiated discussions with the TRA in 2015 as we believe that our business is of a scale and maturity that it should be paying a fair level of corporate taxes as part of our contribution to the Tanzanian economy.

“We believe this agreement is mutually beneficial for all parties as we receive greater certainty over future value-added tax (VAT) receipts and Tanzania sees an earlier corporate tax contribution from Acacia than previously envisaged,” said CEO Brad Gordon.

The MoU set out a quarterly tax payment of $5-million, with the first payment for this year already made.

Under the terms of the MoU, in the first instance any corporate tax to be paid can be offset against outstanding VAT amounts owed to Acacia, the outstanding balance would be paid in cash.

Likewise, Acacia had the right to vary or suspend prepayments should the performance or financial position of the business make it necessary.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

Comments

The content you are trying to access is only available to subscribers.

If you are already a subscriber, you can Login Here.

If you are not a subscriber, you can subscribe now, by selecting one of the below options.

For more information or assistance, please contact us at subscriptions@creamermedia.co.za.

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION