Abstract:
The main aim of this study was to assess the impact of government gateway system on revenue
collection in Tanzania Forest Service Agency. The specific objectives were to examine to what
extent source of revenue through GePG impact revenue collection in Tanzania Forest Service
Agency, to examine to what extent costs associated with GePG impact revenue collection and
to examine the relationship between GePG and revenue collection. The study theories adopted
were E-government theory, and revenue diversification theory. The study used time series data
which collected in Arusha district especially from Tanzania Forest Service Agency. Data were
analyzed using E-views showing sources of revenue collection and reduced cost associated
with GePG in revenue collection. The study found a positive and statistically significant
relationship between road fee, registration fee, royalty and cost associated with GePG with p
value of <0.001 for each, data were free from multicollinearity where the centered VIF is less
than 10 and heteroscedasticity where (p-value of 0.2083> 0.05). The study concluded that
GePG has a positive influence on revenue collection increases with strong positive between
correlation royalties and revenue collection in TFS agency. Therefore, the study recommended
that. Organization should increase training to personnel who use GePG system to collect
revenue, more effort should be taken to improve agency systems which are integrated with
GePG system for revenue collection so as to improve its internal control system. Also, more
study should be conducted to examine challenges facing the GePG or e-payment method
