By Elizabeth Nakiru Uganda Revenue Authority commenced its feedback sessions dubbed ‘Open Minds Forum’ with the aim of partaking in personal and up-close engagements with taxpayers to appreciate them, receive their feedback and recommendations, and respond to arising queries. The first meeting was held in the Mukono division, with over 200 participants in attendance. During …
By Joshua Niyonshima, “Today we are with our supervisors from parliament to show them some of our operations, and in this instance, digital tax stamps,” said Ibrahim Bbossa, Assistant Commissioner of Public and Corporate Affairs at the Uganda Revenue Authority(URA). Stakeholder engagement is URA’s new way of fostering tax compliance and ensuring better policy interventions, …
By Kamugisha Kabahweza Allan and Photography by Irene Kabakama The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has announced that it has collected UGX 256 Billion from the use of Exchange of Information on Request (EOIR), a tool that allows tax authorities to share information with other countries. The Commissioner General of URA, John R. Musinguzi, revealed this …
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By Joshua Niyonshima and Irene Kabakama John Musinguzi, the Commissioner General of the Uganda Revenue Authority, has said that rather than celebrating reaching revenue goals, the authority will begin to celebrate progress in economic growth. Musinguzi made these remarks while speaking at the authority’s annual thanksgiving that was held over the weekend at the URA …
By Annet Nantongo, Media Management URA intercepted six trucks with 1,900 bags of 50kgs each of smuggled Simba cement over the last couple of weeks in the areas of Lwakhakha and Suam river. Of the loot recovered, 1,500 bags did not possess any digital tax stamps and had not met any customs obligations required of …
