Members of Parliament on the Committee of Commissions, Statutory, Authorities and State Enterprise (COSASE) have called on the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Matia Kasaija to sanction the Uganda Revenue Authority Commissioner General John Musinguzi Rujoki for spending taxpayers’ money over and above what Parliament had approved for them. In their report from the […]
Parliamentarians sitting on the National Economy Committee were on Wednesday shocked when one of their members disclosed that there is a group of “mafias” in an illegal tax collection racket in the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) who he said levy undue taxes on imported goods exempted from paying tax. The disclosure was made by Busia […]
“All fees and charges by any public education and training institution should be remitted to the consolidated fund and never should there be spending at source without an approved budget,” the NPA issues paper on Uganda’s education reforms reads in part. A Ministry of Education and Sports’ proposal to transfer the responsibility of collecting school […]
Police have arrested a Catholic Priest who allegedly murdered a Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) official on Saturday. Rusoke Kituuma, the Police spokesperson has identified the suspect as Dominic Alinga, a priest at the Catholic parish of Iriiri in Nakapiripirit district. Police have also identified the deceased as John Bosco Ngorok (30), an employee of the […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has created the new State House Revenue Intelligence and Strategic Operations Unit to do an oversight on Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) operations and fight corruption within the tax administration system. President Museveni has also appointed David Kalemera as a Senior Presidential Advisor and Head of the Unit. The creation of the […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has disagreed with traders who say that there are many taxes in the country being imposed on them. “The first claim is that there are too many taxes in Uganda. This is not true and that is why I’m here to talk with you,” he said. The President made the remarks on […]
The Tax Justice Alliance Uganda has disagreed with most of the proposals in the five tax amendment bills that were recently tabled before parliament as part of the 2024/2025 budget process. The new tax measures are contained in the Income Tax Amendment Bill, 2024, the Excise Duty Amendment Bill, 2024, the Value Added Tax Amendment […]
The Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) has offered support for the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing System (EFRIS) but faults government agencies on aspects of its implementation. UMA Chairman, Deo Kayemba says while the system is vital to ensure proper tax administration, the taxpayers do not understand it, nor do they even understand the tax regime, […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Friday paused the implementation of the Uganda Revenue Authority’s (URA) Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS) which had triggered the traders in Kampala and the upcountry districts to close their businesses as a means of a peaceful protest. On the fifth day of the traders’ strike, President Museveni […]
The Presidential Press Unit (PPU) has clarified that there is no intended meeting involving President Yoweri Museveni and the traders in Kampala on Friday as per the information circulating on social media. In a public notice which the PPU has issued on Wednesday April 10, 2024, it has highlighted that there has been information circulating […]