Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 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 …
Read More »URA, IRA to enforce compulsory sea cargo insurance in October
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All Ugandan importers are required to insure their imports still on the high seas with local insurance companies through the Local Marine Insurance Portal, starting next month. This follows the completion of all the necessary processes, including integrating the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), Uganda Insurers …
Read More »The workings of State House Revenue Intelligence Unit
KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Revenue Intelligence and Strategic Operations Unit is intensifying its operations creating avenues through which to collaborate with the general public. While announcing the new move, President Yoweri Museveni said the Unit created at the beginning of this financial year had an oversight …
Read More »URA introduces real time taxpayer audit
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has introduced a new tax compliance system that will help taxpayers maintain compliance and avoid adverse consequences. The domestic taxes compliance improvement plan (CIP) for the financial year 2024/25 lists 20 areas that, when not addressed by taxpayers, usually …
Read More »Proposal for URA to collect school fees draws wide range of criticism
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Ministry of Education and Sports’ proposal to transfer the responsibility of collecting school fees in public and government-aided schools to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has been criticised by parents, school administrators, and education experts. In a new draft policy on Universal Primary …
Read More »Grant of tax waiver to companies queried
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators on the Committee of Finance have questioned the manner and criteria the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)is using to extend tax waivers to companies and individuals. While appearing before the committee, the State Minister for Finance (General Duties), Henry Musasizi said the tax waivers will …
Read More »URA walks tightrope over EACOP shipments
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is navigating through a tightrope to ensure that individuals do not abuse the law while importing East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project EACOP equipment. It is emerging that customs officials need to be retooled on clearing equipment given that the law …
Read More »URA destroys 180 tons of smuggled goods
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has destroyed 180 tons of smuggled goods The items that were destroyed at Luwero Industries include cosmetics, used underwear garments, beer, wines, and spirits, computers, and drugs, among others. “These items were confiscated and collected over some time, more than …
Read More »David Kalemera picked to head new State House unit to monitor URA
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has again created another unit to fight corruption, this time in the Uganda Revenue Authority-URA. In a short statement released by the Presidential Press Unit, the unit is going to be under the State House. “The Presidential Press Unit wishes to …
Read More »Greatest elephant, pangolin massacre
Five years on, Ugandan conservationists can’t believe Vietnamese wildlife traffickers got away with it SPECIAL REPORT | WILD LIFE CONSERVATION | In January 2019, the arrest and imminent prosecution of several Vietnamese wildlife traffickers in Kampala excited wildlife conservationists in Uganda and abroad who saw it as an opportunity to disrupt a …
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