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Uganda introduces Digital Tax stamps to boost revenue

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has given Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) the go ahead to introduce the long awaited Digital Tracking Solution (Digital Tax Stamps). Speaking at a joint press conference Friday with Uganda Manufacturers Association, The Prime Minister’s Office and Ministry of Finance, URA spokesman Vincent Seruma …

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URA cancels VAT Registration for 1693 ineligible taxpayers

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has effective 31st October 2019 cancelled Value Added Tax (VAT) registration of 1,693  taxpayers.  The 1,693 taxpayers have been relived of the duty to charge VAT on their supplies. URA has mainly targeted taxpayers who do not file monthly returns, or …

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URA provides ownership details of hit and run accident vehicle

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority –URA has provided details regarding the ownership of a vehicle, which knocked dead three people along Bukasa-Muyenga road a fortnight ago. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, says URA records show that the Starlet UAE 783K that allegedly hit a Bajaj boxer …

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Police writes to URA, telecom compaines over impounded items

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have written to Uganda Revenue Authority- URA and telecom companies seeking ownership details of the suspected stolen items. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga, said police is waiting for response from URA and telecom companies in order to establish the owners of the numerous …

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URA temporarily suspends new rules on import clearance

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City traders have suspended their planned strike after agreeing with Uganda Revenue Authority-URA to temporarily suspend it directive stopping them from putting their goods in customs warehouses in Mombasa and compel them to pay taxes immediately they reach the port entry. The directive, which had …

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Traders to March in protest of URA rules

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Kampala traders will on Tuesday march in protest of import rules by Uganda Revenue Authority-URA which they say has made it impossible for them to do business. The march, according to Kampala City Traders’ Association (Kacita) executive director Everest Kayondo, will involve clearing agents, …

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Gov’t to meet cost of digital tax stamps for one year

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The government has agreed in principle to foot the bill for the installation of digital tax stamps equipment and the stamps themselves for manufacturers for at least one year. Uganda Revenue Authority had set November 1 as the deadline for companies to install the …

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