Day: August 8, 2022

URA has intercepted 135 smuggled high-end phones at Entebbe Airport

News / By / August 8, 2022

By Taxman Writer Recently, URA intercepted a passenger arriving at Entebbe International Airport aboard Uganda Airlines at about 12:30pm. He was trolleying his “32 Star television” placed in a Hisense box. Upon scanning his packages, the image analysis revealed that additional items were concealed within the box as opposed to a single television set. This …

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URA unmasks Clearing agents aiding smuggling

The Lead Story / By / August 8, 2022

BY ANNET NANTONGO URA is cleaning house as it streamlines groupage and cargo consolidation, a move that has unearthed a number of system flouters who disagree with the taxman’s directive. Cargo Consolidators are intermediaries who provide a conducive trade environment to small and medium sized importers and exporters by capturing documents, facilitating verification and transfer …

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URA hands over confiscated wildlife items to UWA

News / By / August 8, 2022

BY IMMACULATE WANYENZE Following an interception of three containers carrying Ivory and pangolin scales in 2019 by Customs, the items where officially handed over to Uganda Wildlife Authority on Tuesday for safe custody and further management. In 2019, two nationalities of Vietnam origins were arrested and charged in courts of law for trading in endangered …

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