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BY FLORENCE NAMUGANZA Hisem and Soxiba Limited, a company dealing in the sale of electronics and telecommunication equipment, filed an application in the Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) on 25th August, 2021 challenging Uganda Revenue Authority’s decision of issuing Value Added Tax (VAT) assessments of UGX. 1,848,986,945. In the TAT application, the company objected the assessments …

URA TO RECOVER OVER A BILLION FROM HISEM AND SOXIBA LIMITED IN VAT CASE. Read More »

BY FLORENCE NAMUGANZA CITI Bank (U) Limited scooped the Excel Award at the 16th Taxpayer Appreciation Awards ceremony held at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) headquarters in Nakawa last Friday. The annual awards are aimed recognising top consistent compliant taxpayers throughout the country. This year’s ceremony was distinctive from the previous events as 40 from 18 …

URA CROWNS CITI BANK AS TOP TAXPAYER Read More »

The Board of Directors of Uganda Revenue Authority on  1st November, 2021 appointed Chelangat Sarah Muzungyo as the Commissioner Domestic Taxes. According to a letter from the Board Secretary, this appointment took effect on 1st December, 2021. Chelangat joins URA from Ernst & Young (EY) where she was an associate partner in charge of tax. …

CHELANGAT, THE TAX GURU TO MAN UGANDA’S DOMESTIC REVENUE Read More »

By The Taxman Bbosa Ibrahim Kibuuka is the next household name in Uganda’s business fraternity following his appointment as spokesperson of Uganda Revenue Authority.  He now holds the title- Assistant Commissioner Public and Corporate Affairs, in the office of the Commissioner General. Kibuuka is not new to the public relations environment having worked as the …

Meet Bbosa Ibrahim, URA’S New Spokesperson Read More »

By Florence Namuganza Robert Mutebi has joined Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) as the new Commissioner for Information Technology and Innovation. Mutebi, an accomplished business transformation and technology expert joins URA at a time when the institution has restructured the Information Technology (IT) function to include research, innovation and enterprise architecture. Formerly, Mutebi led transformation at …

ROBERT MUTEBI IS URA’S NEW IT CHIEF Read More »

By Annet Nantongo We have all either seen or fallen prey to some of these occurrences. You see a Traffic Police blockade, you remember your Motor Third Party (MTP) Insurance expired and is up for renewal. You decide to drive on the side of the road while closely hiding behind the car in front of …

PAYMENT FOR MOTOR THIRD PARTY INSURANCE ON YOUR FINGER TIPS Read More »

By the Taxman Nineteen ninety-one, URA’s year of inception was characterised by many challenges and worth noting is the low revenue collections at the time. The government collected about UGX 80 billion prior to URA’s establishment coupled with high enforcements costs incurred to raise the petite amount. The revenue journey has since grown to a …

URA TO REWARD COMPLIANCE ON 30TH BIRTHDAY Read More »