The company’s existing tax provision was $128 million but the financial results announced on Wednesday night indicated to have increased by $172 million to $300 million – the amount it agreed would be paid by its subsidiary Acacia to Tanzania as part of the proposed framework reached last week.
Lakini kwenye taarifa yake, kampuni hiyo inasema itaendelea kuzungumza na Serikali ili kuondoa zuio la kusafirisha makinikia na kwamba mazungumzo hayo yataenda sambamba na kutafuta suluhu ya deni la kodi la kiasi cha dola 190 bilioni (zaidi ya Sh424 trilioni) ambazo Mamlaka ya Mapato Tanzania (TRA) imeitoza Acacia ikiwa ni malimbikizo ya kodi, faini na riba.