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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  on March 14, 2024</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
  ACT OF 1933</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Protara Therapeutics, Inc.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; padding-top: 0.25pt; padding-right: 0.25pt; padding-left: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 49%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-top: 0.25pt; padding-right: 0.25pt; padding-left: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>20-4580525</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0.25pt; padding-right: 0.25pt; padding-left: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
  incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0.25pt; padding-right: 0.25pt; padding-left: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
  Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>345 Park Avenue South, Third Floor</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, NY 10010</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan,
  as amended</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Full title of the plans)</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Jesse Shefferman</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>President and Chief Executive Officer</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Protara Therapeutics, Inc.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>345 Park Avenue South, Third Floor</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, NY 10010</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name and address of agent for service)</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(646) 844-0337</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent
  for service)</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 49%; padding-top: 0.5pt; padding-right: 0.5pt; padding-left: 0.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Mary J. Grendell, Esq.<BR>
  General Counsel and Corporate Secretary</B></FONT></TD>
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      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Robert W. Downes</B></P>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Sullivan &amp; Cromwell LLP</P></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0.5pt; padding-right: 0.5pt; padding-left: 0.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Protara Therapeutics, Inc.</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-top: 0.5pt; padding-right: 0.5pt; padding-left: 0.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0.5pt; padding-right: 0.5pt; padding-left: 0.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">125 Broad St.</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0.5pt; padding-right: 0.5pt; padding-left: 0.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">New York, NY 10004</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0.5pt; padding-right: 0.5pt; padding-left: 0.5pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(212) 558-4000</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
  filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
  &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth
  company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 45%; padding-top: 0.5pt; padding-right: 0.5pt; padding-left: 0.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 25%; padding-top: 0.5pt; padding-right: 0.5pt; padding-left: 0.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 10%; padding-top: 0.5pt; padding-right: 0.5pt; padding-left: 0.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.5pt; padding-right: 0.5pt; padding-left: 0.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9746;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.5pt; padding-right: 0.5pt; padding-left: 0.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.5pt; padding-right: 0.5pt; padding-left: 0.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
  has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
  to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&#9744;<B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0">Protara Therapeutics, Inc. (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) is filing
  this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) for the purpose of registering an additional 911,380
  shares of common stock under the Registrant&rsquo;s Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the &ldquo;EIP&rdquo;),
  and an additional 7,025 shares of common stock under the Registrant&rsquo;s 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &ldquo;ESPP&rdquo;),
  pursuant to the &ldquo;evergreen&rdquo; provisions of each plan which provide for annual automatic increases in the number of shares of
  the Registrant&rsquo;s common stock (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;) reserved for issuance under each respective plan.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>ITEM 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This Registration Statement is being filed for
  the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which Registration Statements of the Registrant
  on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan are effective. The Registrant previously registered shares of its Common Stock
  for issuance under the EIP and ESPP under Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;)
  on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000117184314005694/fs8_112514.htm">November 25, 2014</A> (File No. 333-200587),
  <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000117184318000173/fs8_010418.htm">January 4, 2018</A> (File No. 333-222415),
  <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000117184319000095/fs8_010319.htm">January 3, 2019</A> (File No. 333-229123),
  <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000110465920004017/a20-3439_1s8.htm">January 15, 2020</A> (File No. 333-235918),
  <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000121390021014711/ea137341-s8_protaratherap.htm">March 11, 2021</A> (File No.
  333-254124), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000121390022011313/ea156646-s8_protaratherap.htm">March 9, 2022</A>
  (File No. 333-263392) and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000121390023018541/ea174828-s8_protara.htm">March 8,
  2023</A> (File No. 333-270354). Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference
  the contents of the Registration Statements referenced above.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The registrant hereby also incorporates by reference
  into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed by the registrant with the SEC (other than portions of Current
  Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits related to such items or other portions of documents filed with
  the SEC which were furnished, but not filed, pursuant to applicable rules promulgated by the SEC):</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
  Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000121390024021982/f10k2023_protarathera.htm">March 13, 2024</A>; and</FONT></TD>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9679;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">the
  description of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock contained in <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000121390021014709/f10k2020ex4-2_protara.htm">Exhibit 4.2</A> to the Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with
  the SEC on </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">March
  11, 2021</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">, including any amendments or reports filed
  for the purpose of updating such description.</FONT></TD>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In addition, all reports and other documents subsequently
  filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, other than Current Reports furnished under
  Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, prior to the filing of a post-effective
  amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
  be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports
  and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
  be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement herein or in any subsequently filed
  document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
  modified or superseded shall not constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.</B></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; width: 9%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit<BR>
  Number</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; width: 90%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000110465914074038/a14-15225_12ex3d1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on October 27, 2014).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="background-color: white">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="background-color: #CCEEFF">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000110465920003115/tm201618d1_ex3-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 10, 2020).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="background-color: white">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000121390020011893/f10q0320ex3-3_artara.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Second Certificate of Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on May 13, 2020).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="background-color: white">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.4</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000117184317004634/exh_32.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on August 3, 2017).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.5</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000110465920003115/tm201618d1_ex3-2.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 10, 2020).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.6</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000121390020027951/ea127215ex3-1_protara.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series 1 Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on September 23, 2020).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.7</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000104746919005409/a2239754zex-10_5.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 23, 2019, by and among the Registrant and the institutional investors named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on September 24, 2019).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.8</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000110465920003115/tm201618d1_ex4-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 10, 2020).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.1*</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="ea020158601ex5-1_protara.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Sullivan &amp; Cromwell LLP.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.1*</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="ea020158601ex23-1_protara.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>.</U></FONT></A></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.2*</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="ea020158601ex5-1_protara.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of Sullivan &amp; Cromwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">24.1*</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="#S_001"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000110465920003115/tm201618d1_ex10-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 10, 2020).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="background-color: white">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000117184320001860/exh_1025.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Forms of Stock Option Agreement, Option Exercise, Restricted Stock Unit Grant and Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 filed on March 20, 2020).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="background-color: #CCEEFF">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1359931/000104746914008146/a2221509zex-10_25.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on October 7, 2014).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="background-color: white">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="background-color: #CCEEFF">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">107*</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="ea020158601ex-fee_protara.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filing Fee Table</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U STYLE="text-decoration: none">.</U></FONT></A></TD></TR>
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  herewith.</FONT></TD>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="S_001"></A>SIGNATURES</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
  Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
  S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
  of New York, State of New York on March 14, 2024.</P>
  
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      <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>PROTARA THERAPEUTICS, INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 60%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 36%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Jesse Shefferman</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Jesse Shefferman</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</B>, that
  each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jesse Shefferman, Patrick Fabbio and Mary J. Grendell, as his or her
  true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
  place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
  all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact
  and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
  as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact
  and agent or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
  Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; width: 30%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; width: 48%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; width: 20%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Jesse Shefferman</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">President and Chief Executive Officer and Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">March 14, 2024</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Jesse Shefferman</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Patrick Fabbio</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">March 14, 2024</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Patrick Fabbio</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>(Principal Financial Officer)</I></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
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text: As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  on March 14, 2024
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
  ACT OF 1933
  Protara Therapeutics, Inc.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  20-4580525
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  345 Park Avenue South, Third Floor
  New York, NY 10010
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan,
  as amended
  2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  (Full title of the plans)
  Jesse Shefferman
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  Protara Therapeutics, Inc.
  345 Park Avenue South, Third Floor
  New York, NY 10010
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (646) 844-0337
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent
  for service)
  Copies to:
  Mary J. Grendell, Esq.
  General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
  Robert W. Downes
  Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
  Protara Therapeutics, Inc.
  125 Broad St.
  345 Park Avenue South, Third Floor
  New York, NY 10004
  New York, NY 10010
  (212) 558-4000
  (646) 844-0337
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
  filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
  "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth
  company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☐
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☒
  Smaller reporting company
  ☒
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
  has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
  to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  PART I
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  Protara Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Registrant") is filing
  this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") for the purpose of registering an additional 911,380
  shares of common stock under the Registrant's Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the "EIP"),
  and an additional 7,025 shares of common stock under the Registrant's 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP"),
  pursuant to the "evergreen" provisions of each plan which provide for annual automatic increases in the number of shares of
  the Registrant's common stock (the "Common Stock") reserved for issuance under each respective plan.
  1
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  ITEM 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  This Registration Statement is being filed for
  the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which Registration Statements of the Registrant
  on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan are effective. The Registrant previously registered shares of its Common Stock
  for issuance under the EIP and ESPP under Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
  on
  November 25, 2014
  (File No. 333-200587),
  January 4, 2018
  (File No. 333-222415),
  January 3, 2019
  (File No. 333-229123),
  January 15, 2020
  (File No. 333-235918),
  March 11, 2021
  (File No.
  333-254124),
  March 9, 2022
  (File No. 333-263392) and
  March 8,
  2023
  (File No. 333-270354). Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference
  the contents of the Registration Statements referenced above.
  The registrant hereby also incorporates by reference
  into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed by the registrant with the SEC (other than portions of Current
  Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits related to such items or other portions of documents filed with
  the SEC which were furnished, but not filed, pursuant to applicable rules promulgated by the SEC):
  ●
  the
  Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on
  March 13, 2024
  ; and
  ●
  the
  description of the Company's Common Stock contained in
  Exhibit 4.2
  to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with
  the SEC on
  March
  11, 2021
  , including any amendments or reports filed
  for the purpose of updating such description.
  In addition, all reports and other documents subsequently
  filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, other than Current Reports furnished under
  Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, prior to the filing of a post-effective
  amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
  be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports
  and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
  be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement herein or in any subsequently filed
  document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
  modified or superseded shall not constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
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  ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  4.1
  Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on October 27, 2014).
  4.2
  Certificate of Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 10, 2020).
  4.3
  Second Certificate of Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on May 13, 2020).
  4.4
  Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on August 3, 2017).
  4.5
  Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 10, 2020).
  4.6
  Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series 1 Convertible Non-Voting Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on September 23, 2020).
  4.7
  Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 23, 2019, by and among the Registrant and the institutional investors named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on September 24, 2019).
  4.8
  Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 10, 2020).
  5.1*
  Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
  23.1*
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
  .
  23.2*
  Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  24.1*
  Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
  99.1
  Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 10, 2020).
  99.2
  Forms of Stock Option Agreement, Option Exercise, Restricted Stock Unit Grant and Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Registrant's Annual Report on form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 filed on March 20, 2020).
  99.3
  2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on October 7, 2014).
  107*
  Filing Fee Table
  .
  *
  Filed
  herewith.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
  Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
  S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
  of New York, State of New York on March 14, 2024.
  PROTARA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
  By:
  /s/ Jesse Shefferman
  Jesse Shefferman
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
  , that
  each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jesse Shefferman, Patrick Fabbio and Mary J. Grendell, as his or her
  true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
  place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
  all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact
  and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
  as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact
  and agent or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
  Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Jesse Shefferman
  President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
  March 14, 2024
  Jesse Shefferman
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/ Patrick Fabbio
  Chief Financial Officer
  March 14, 2024
  Patrick Fabbio
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  /s/ Hannah Fry
  Vice President, Controller
  March 14, 2024
  Hannah Fry
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
  /s/ Luke Beshar
  Chairman of the Board of Directors
  March 14, 2024
  Luke Beshar
  /s/ Barry Flannelly
  Director
  March 14, 2024
  Barry Flannelly, Pharm.D.
  /s/ Roger Garceau
  Director
  March 14, 2024
  Roger Garceau, M.D.
  /s/ Jane Huang
  Director
  March 14, 2024
  Jane Huang, M.D.
  /s/ Richard Levy
  Director
  March 14, 2024
  Richard Levy, M.D.
  /s/ Gregory P. Sargen
  Director
  March 14, 2024
  Gregory P. Sargen
  /s/ Cynthia Smith
  Director
  March 14, 2024
  Cynthia Smith
  /s/ Michael Solomon
  Director
  March 14, 2024
  Michael Solomon, Ph.D.
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