Challenges and Mitigation Measures towards Revenue Collection in Singida Municipal Council a focus on transit Permits with Forest Receipts Success

Abstract

The study's objective was to evaluate the challenges and mitigation measures towards revenue collection in Tanzanian local government authorities: a focus on transit permits with forest receipts success.   The challenges which employed to the study are transparency and accountability, corruption and merged system. The study was employed the both quantitative and qualitative approach as design, interview and documentary analysis was employed. Thematic and comparative analysis was used to analyses the data from protagonists.  The findings of the business study showed that corruption, accountability, and transparency can all affect Tanzanian local government officials' capacity to collect taxes, particularly when it comes to transit permits with forest receipts. The business study came to the conclusion that Singida Municipal Council must ensure that the factors that impact revenue such as a lack of qualified staff, inattentive management, dishonest revenue collectors, and a refusal to pay revenue are resolved because the Council's failure to implement various development projects had a negative impact on all service sectors. The report suggested that Singida Municipal Council create appropriate revenue collection plans that take into account all available revenue streams.

Keywords:       Revenue Collection, Transit Permits, Forest Receipts