By Kabahweza Kamugisha Allan, and Photography by Gabriel Kyambadde The Tujenge team has concluded a 3-day tax education drive in Sembabule district registering 100s of new taxpayers. This was during the first three days of the Tujenge Bus five days expedition in Masaka sub-region in which URA’s tax education team is sensitizing and educating the …
Yesterday, theMbale Enforcement received intelligence reports of smugglers who had made it a habit to repackage rice in the suburbs of Nagongera in Tororo. These were nabbed with 14.9 tons of rice at one of the homes. They had established a shop selling this rice. Unfortunately, this syndicate was un sustainable. On the fateful day, …
Rebagging items is the new trend among smugglers Read More »
Tax fraud schemes in Uganda are currently taking on many faces as a means to avoid paying tax. Sadly, the key manipulators in this fraud scheme are tax consultants who are hired to manage the tax affairs of their clients but end up abusing this trust. However, the Uganda Revenue Authority is alert and has …
Tax consultants warned against engaging in invoice trading Read More »
By Akinyi Winiefred, Media Management with Correspondence from Moses Amwine, Busia Customs Customs officials from Uganda Revenue Authority have seized counterfeit money which was being smuggled into the country via a modern coast bus registration number KDA 155X. The Ugandan currency notes had been stashed in a conspicuous package that had been declared but later …
40M Shillings of Counterfeit Money Seized in Busia Read More »
By Akinyi Winiefred, Media Management with Correspondence by Emmanuel Kabuye, Customs Enforcement Uganda Revenue Authority has recovered 171 cartons of smuggled goods in the areas of Mbarara, Bugango, Kakunyu and Ntura. This recovery followed a focused operation that was launched by the area enforcement teams to purge the region of un-customed goods. Customs officer Emmanuel …
Smuggled cosmetics and Spaghetti recovered in Western Uganda Read More »
By Elizabeth Nakiru and photography by Irene Kabakama, Media Management URA is bench marking on the Voluntary disclosure (VD) program for Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) from His Majesty Revenue and Customs (HMRC), United Kingdom technical team. The program’s aim is to give an opportunity to resident persons to voluntarily declare their tax affairs to URA unprompted. HMRC has …
By Elizabeth Nakiru and Photography by Irene Kabakama URA in conjunction with His Majesty Revenue and Customs team have met on how to make the voluntary disclosure program popular among the Ugandan taxpayers. This is because it will save URA time on carrying out assessments and enforcement activities, the tedious court processes and rather allow …
HMRC partners with URA to publicize the Voluntary Disclosure program Read More »
By Joshua Niyonshima The Anti-corruption court in Kampala has ordered Balya Mujuni Haithum to pay a fine of UGX10m or face imprisonment of up to 8months for affixing forged digital tax stamps on products. Information from court indicated that Mujuni, Bwambale Moses Muzigiti, and others who are still at large, in the month of November …
By Akinyi Winiefred, Media Management Uganda Revenue Authority has released a list of registered tax agents for the period of January 2023 to December 2023, pursuant to the Tax Procedures Code Act. According to the law, a tax agent is an individual, partnership, or company who has been approved and licensed following a successful application, …
