THE Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) plans to introduce tailor-made digital verification applications to help the public verify quality of products in cement and sugar sectors.

The application by the taxman targets to enable the public to verify quality diverse products through smart phones with Android, or iSO system.

Ndositwe Haonga, TRA Director for Internal Affairs unveiled this yesterday when speaking during the ongoing 48th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair (DITF 2024).

He said the development targets to ensure the public consume quality products, and not otherwise.

"Hakiki Stempu is an application that allows the public to check whether the product they are about to purchase is genuine or not,” Haonga said, noting: “This application will scan the product to check if it has the right tax stamp. The app will detect the number of the tax stamp, its type, and whether it is genuine or not.”

“The user will be given a result that will let them know if the product is genuine or not," he detailed.

Haonga also observed that the application also meant to ensure protection of human health safety as well as making sure that the products sold to the public meet the needed standards and reflect the value for money.

"For instance, in the real estate sector, some unfaithful traders may sell counterfeit cements, or the expired ones, thus this application will help the customers to detect  them," he said.

He insisted on the need for the public, especially the traders and other service providers to embrace a patriotic spirit of issuing receipts through the Electronic Fiscal Devices (EFDs) in order to help the government collect its statutory revenues.

Patrick Massawe, senior tax management officer suggested the need for the public to adopt the use of the helpful application.

"We're running a number of initiatives, including a public awareness campaign through diverse platforms to ensure the public come aware, and start to use the application," he said.

He said TRA will continue working to develop more online systems for assisting the products consumers to stand at a safe side, in terms of health and value for money, but also for effective revenue collections.

The number of installations for Hakiki Stempu totals 36 thousand. In the past 30 days, the app accumulated roughly 580 installs.