Day: November 18, 2022

URA to Streamline Taxation information for the Textile Sector

By Irene Kabakama URA is preparing to create a taxation guide for textiles and garments to benefit the players in the sector. This was revealed during a recent meeting between URA and the Uganda Tailors Association (UTA) held recently in Nakawa. The URA Tax education team convened the engagement to discuss challenges faced by tailors …

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URA INCREASING TAX COMPLIANCE WITH THE AEO PROGRAM

Abel Kagumire Uganda Revenue Authority is moving from enforced compliance to voluntary compliance. To achieve this, there is need to know and appeal to URA’s stakeholders especially taxpayers. To know our stakeholders, we refer to the Compliance Pyramid in mapping out the compliant ones and leverage on them. The pyramid places the compliant stakeholders at …

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Profit-seeking Aringas exposed in Yumbe

They are always prepared to escalate confrontational situations by doggedly standing their ground which in most cases spills into violence. This is the character of the Aringa people in Yumbe. Many a times when they are confronted by the URA enforcement team over smuggled goods, they attack back with bows and arrows. They always frustrate …

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