By Kabahweza Kamugisha Allan Uganda Revenue Authority has impounded assorted smuggled items from a shop in Koboko town. URA Customs officials, helped by Uganda Police and UPDF on Tuesday broke into one of the stores of the suspected smuggler and recovered 118 bombas of ORIS cigarettes, 72 bombas of Supermatch, 20 bags of rice, 19 …
By Winniefred AKinyi In an effort to widen the tax base and check on taxpayer compliance, Uganda Revenue Authority conducts operations around the country to enforce different tax heads, seize uncustomed goods and assess non-compliant taxpayers. The most recent operation was in Mid-Western Uganda in Kasese District where URA using its Tujenge bus combed the …
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By Irene Kabakama and Elizabeth Nakiru The new directive by Uganda Revenue Authority gazetting different bonds to handle consolidated cargo is aimed at streamlining the warehousing sector. This was revealed by the Commissioner Customs URA Abel Kagumire during an engagement between the authority and warehouse owners and bond operators at the URA headquarters recently. Kagumire …
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By Immaculate Wanyenze More than 12, 747 square meters of textile where found tucked in the boot of the spare wheel in a fuso truck number; UBE 914H. The irony with this particular truck is that they had proper customs documentation for the garments yet had concealed other material in a different boot. However, with …
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Tax education for SMEs is being conducted in collaboration with their representatives.