Overview
Payroll Cycle
Employer Contributions
Employee Contributions
Minimum Wage
Hiring
Hiring Employees
Hiring Contractors
Hiring Expats
Background Checks
Employment Contracts
Onboarding
Employee Benefits
Social Security
Healthcare and Insurance
Leave Policy
Public Holidays
Work Permit and Work Visa
Probation Period
Notice Period
Termination and Severance
Personal Income Tax
Employer of Record in Tanzania provide comprehensive support in managing payroll cycles, including handling employer and employee contributions, ensuring adherence to minimum wage requirements, streamlining the hiring process for employees, contractors, and expatriates, conducting thorough background checks, drafting employment contracts, facilitating smooth onboarding procedures, managing employee benefits, administering social security programs, coordinating healthcare and insurance provisions, overseeing leave policies, considering public holidays, assisting with work permit and work visa applications, overseeing probationary periods, notice periods, termination, and severance procedures, and offering guidance on personal income tax obligations.
| Overview | |
| Continent | Africas |
| Country | Tanzania |
| Capital | Dodoma |
| Time zone | UTC+03:00 (EAT) |
| Total Time zones | 1 |
| Working hours per week | 40 |
| Working week | Monday–Friday |
| Typical hours worked | 9 |
| Personal Tax filing deadline | Within six months of the end of the year of income. |
| Financial Year | 1 July – 30 June |
| Date format | mm/dd/yyyy |
| Currency | Tanzanian Shilling (TZS) |
| VAT | the standard rate is 18% |
| Employers | % of Gross Salary |
| Skills Development Levy | 4% |
| Workers Compensation Fund | 0.5% |
| Total Employment Cost | 4.5% to 4.6% |
| Employees | % of Gross Salary |
| National Social Security Fund | 10% |
| Total Employee Cost | 10% |
| Minimum Wage | |
| Minimum Wage | 40000 to 400000 TZS per month depending on sector. |
| Payroll | |
| Payroll Cycle | Monthly |
| 13th Salary | There are no provisions in the law regarding 13th salaries. |
| Income Tax | |
| Income Range | Tax Rate |
| 0 - 270,000 TZS | 0% |
| 270,001 - 520,000 TZS | 9% |
| 520,001 - 760,000 TZS | 20% |
| 760,001 - 1,000,000 TZS | 25% |
| 1,000,001 TZS and above | 30% |