{"id":6075,"date":"2017-10-20T12:02:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T11:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/africa\/gsma_resources\/taxation-mobile-money-tanzania"},"modified":"2017-10-20T12:02:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T11:02:59","slug":"taxation-mobile-money-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"gsma_theme_resources","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/africa\/gsma_resources\/taxation-mobile-money-tanzania\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxation and Mobile Money in Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This report examines the impact of taxation on mobile money in Tanzania, in light of the positive impacts of mobile money in the country. Whilst mobile money has increased financial inclusion, it is now being taxed in the same way as products that generate negative impacts \u2013 such as alcohol and cigarettes.<\/p>\n<p>This report provides clarity on the idea that mobile money transactions amount to over half of the country\u2019s GDP. 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