TRA Calculator 2026
Every Tanzania Revenue Authority tax in one place. Free calculators for PAYE, VAT, NSSF, NHIF, SDL, corporate tax, withholding tax and import duty — using the current 2026 TRA rates. Pick the one you need.
Payroll & employment taxes
Everything an employer withholds and remits to TRA and the funds each month — worked out from a single gross salary.
PAYE Calculator
Income tax for Tanzania employees
NSSF Calculator
Pension contributions, both sides
NHIF Calculator
Health insurance, 3% + 3%
SDL Calculator
Skills Development Levy 3.5%
WCF Calculator
Workers Compensation 0.5%
Full Payroll
PAYE + NSSF + NHIF + SDL + WCF
Net-to-Gross Salary
Reverse PAYE — gross from take-home
Payslip Generator
Tanzania-compliant payslip
Business & company taxes
The taxes a Tanzanian business charges, files and pays to TRA — VAT, company tax, withholding and duties on transactions.
Import, customs & vehicle duty
Estimate what TRA Customs will charge to clear goods or a vehicle before you commit to a purchase.
VFD & filing compliance
Confirm your fiscal-device obligations and never miss a TRA deadline.
What is a TRA calculator?
A TRA calculator works out a tax collected by the Tanzania Revenue Authority using the current 2026 rates. Because TRA administers many different taxes — income tax on salaries, VAT on sales, tax on company profits, duty on imports — there is no single "TRA calculator". Instead you use the calculator for the specific tax you are dealing with. This page groups all of them so you can go straight to the right one.
Payroll: PAYE, NSSF, NHIF, SDL and WCF
If you run payroll in Tanzania, five deductions come off (or sit on top of) a gross salary each month:
- PAYE — progressive income tax withheld from the employee, remitted to TRA by the 7th of the following month.
- NSSF — pension, 10% from the employee and 10% from the employer (20% total).
- NHIF — health insurance, 3% employee + 3% employer.
- SDL — Skills Development Levy, 3.5% of gross payroll, paid by employers with the qualifying headcount.
- WCF — Workers Compensation Fund, 0.5% employer contribution.
The full payroll calculator computes all five at once; use the individual calculators above when you only need one figure.
Business taxes: VAT, corporate tax and withholding
Registered businesses charge and remit VAT at 18%, pay corporate income tax (30% standard, 3% turnover for small taxpayers), and deduct withholding tax on services, rent, dividends and interest. Property and asset disposals attract capital gains tax and contracts attract stamp duty.
Imports, customs and vehicles
Bringing goods or a vehicle into Tanzania? TRA Customs charges import duty, 18% VAT and other levies on the CIF value. Estimate the landed cost with the customs & import duty calculator or, for cars, the vehicle import duty and age-based excise calculators before you buy.
Staying compliant
Beyond the numbers, confirm your fiscal-device obligations with the TRA VFD checklist and keep every filing date with the 2026 tax calendar. If you would rather not run any of this by hand, Tawala HR & Payroll and Tawala Finance compute PAYE, NSSF, NHIF, SDL, WCF and VAT automatically on every pay run and invoice.
Stop calculating TRA taxes by hand
Tawala computes PAYE, NSSF, NHIF, SDL, WCF and 18% VAT automatically — with TRA VFD-compliant invoicing and mobile-money payments built in. Plans from TZS 75,000/month.