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Tax law Tarime DC vs Lummy General Ltd

Tarime DC vs Lummy General Ltd

The High Court granted summary judgment for Tarime District Council in a service levy claim after the defendant failed to obtain leave to defend.

  • Service levy
  • Summary judgment
  • Default judgment
  • Local government finance
  • Summary-judgment
  • Default-judgment
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Local government law CIVIL CASE D

CIVIL CASE D

The High Court entered summary judgment for Bunda Town Council and the Attorney General after the defendant failed to obtain leave to defend a service levy claim.

  • Service levy
  • Summary judgment
  • Default judgment
  • Summary-judgment
  • Service-levy
  • Local-government-law
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Civil procedure CIVIL CASE BUNDA TOWN COUNCIL

CIVIL CASE BUNDA TOWN COUNCIL

The High Court entered summary judgment for Bunda Town Council and the Attorney General for unpaid service levy, after the defendant failed to obtain leave to defend.

  • Summary judgment
  • Service levy
  • Default judgment
  • Summary-judgment
  • Service-levy
  • Civil-procedure
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Civil procedure MISC

MISC

The application discloses triable issues of fact and law regarding the payment and jurisdiction of service levies, and the applicant is entitled to leave to defend the summary suit, subject to depositing half of the claimed sum.

  • Leave to defend summary suit
  • Service levy
  • Jurisdiction of taxing authorities
  • Time limitation
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Tax law summary Judg

summary Judg

The defendant failed to raise any triable issues and did not defend the summary suit; therefore, the court deemed the allegations admitted and entered judgment for the plaintiffs for the outstanding service levy, interest, and costs.

  • Service levy
  • Summary judgment
  • Local government revenue
  • Default judgment
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Constitutional law RULING ALPHA NAMATA RULING FINAL NEW

RULING ALPHA NAMATA RULING FINAL NEW

Section 16(7) of the Local Government Finance Act is clear and unambiguous; it exempts entities paying service levy from produce cess but does not exempt those paying produce cess from service levy. The Council's collection of service levy is lawful and does not amount to double taxation or violate Article 138(1) of the Constitution.

  • Double taxation
  • Interpretation of tax statutes
  • Service levy
  • Produce cess
  • Public interest litigation
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Civil procedure tunduru district council and another vs abdallah saleh tuwel 2023 tzhc 21055 19 september 2023

tunduru district council and another vs abdallah saleh tuwel 2023 tzhc 21055 19 september 2023

The High Court at Songea recorded a consent judgment settling a service levy dispute, with the defendant to pay TZS 11 million in instalments and each party bearing its own costs.

  • Summary suit
  • Service levy
  • Settlement
  • Counterclaim
  • Civil-procedure
  • Consent-judgment
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