Budget extends EFDMS e-invoice reporting to remaining taxpayers
The 2025/26 Budget proposal put forward on 13 June 2025 includes integrate their invoicing systems with the Tanzania Revenue Authority.
Tanzania e-invoiced can be generated in several ways via systems that are integrated with the Tanzanian electronic financial data management system (EFDMS):
- EFD machines;
- POS machines;
- Accounting and EPRs; and
- other payment processing systems that can connect to the upgraded EFDMS.
Jan 2022 Retailers and other taxpayers must take next step in e-invoicing
The existing electronic fiscal devices (see below) are to be swapped out for virtual fiscal devices (VFD) on EFDMS. This means no further requirement to purchase approved online cash registers.
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Issuing VAT e-invoices – pre-clearance now required
Once registered for VFD, taxpayers must request permission to issue e-invoices with a live token being sent to EFDMS. The invoice is then verified and approved by EFDMS, and only then is sent to the customer.
This whole process can be done through accounting, point-of-sale or similar invoicing systems without the need for the old electronic fiscal devices.
January 2021 upgrade
The Tanzania tax authority had warned taxpayers to upgrade the online receipt pre-reporting by 6 January 2021 as part of EFDMS.
Retailers and other providers of goods and services are obliged to be able to have transactions automatically verified by EFDMS via electronic fiscal devices. This may require and upgrade of their existing devise or a new purchase. But traders should be able to use adapted point-of-sale and similar payment processing devices.
