Month: January 2023
URA meets Car dealers’ Association
By Irene Kabakama. Media Management The Commissioner General of URA John R Musinguzi recently hosted a team from Delight car dealers’ association to discuss the hiccups in the car importing business and establish a smooth and better working relationship. CG recognized the substantial revenue that the association contributes which adds value to Uganda thus enabling …
KRA and URA hold knowledge sharing on performance validation
By Irene Kabakama, Media Management URA Senior Management, technical team and officials from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) have concluded a 2-day knowledge sharing intended to equip validators of performance management with the capacity to manage the process. The sessions that were spearheaded by URA’s Commissioner General John Musinguzi and Deputy Commissioner Performance Management KRA …
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URA meets Police, UPDF in West Nile over smuggling
By Joshua Niyonshima, Media Management Uganda Revenue Authority recently held an engagement with the leaders of West Nile to identify the major cause of the continued fuel smuggling in the region and how to overcome it. The meeting which was also attended by Police and UPDF follows a public outcry on the large sums of …
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URA engages the creatives industry promoters
By Akinyi Winiefred, and Photography by Irene Kabakama, Media Management Promoters have appealed to URA to enroll all stakeholders in the creatives industry to the taxpayer register before taxing public entertainment services/events. They further beseeched for sensitization of stakeholders in the sector on their tax obligations. This will enable them adhere to URA’s directive of …
Arua intercepts 160 cartons of smuggled cigarettes
Correspondence by Jacquiline Emodek, Customs Planning and Amayo Douglas (Arua Enforcement) The URA team in Arua established intelligence from a Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) source about a notorious smuggler returning to Uganda with illicit goods. The team mapped out the potential routes that the smuggler would use upon verifying the informer’s alert and later …
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CNOOC pays URA courtesy visit to strengthen relations
By Irene Kabakama, Media Management The Commissioner General of URA John R Musinguzi recently hosted a team from the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to strengthen relations between the two institutions. Musinguzi appreciated the team for considering URA as a valued stakeholder, sharing the insights on their work and resolving all the tax disputes …
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Creative industry should contribute to the national revenue basket
By Sarah Chelangat, URA Commissioner Domestic Taxes Over the last two weeks, there has been an interesting debate surrounding the taxation of the creatives industry. This followed an article that run in one of the leading dailies titled “URA directs entertainers, artists to get TINs”. URA considers this a healthy and welcome debate because the …
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URA signs bilateral agreement with South Sudan to curb smuggling
Correspondence by Jacquiline Emodek, Customs Planning Uganda Revenue Authority and South Sudan’s National Revenue Authority (SSNRA) have resolved to implement joint border patrols and surveillance operations along the borderline. This is to address the vices of cigarettes smuggling and fuel round tripping that have become common at the border. The revenue bodies will also revive …
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