By Jacquiline Emodek and Irene Kabakama Uganda Revenue Authority is set to launch a system that will facilitate the automation of processes and quality assurance of the profiles of companies under the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program. The Authorized Economic Operator-Enterprise Risk Management System (AEO-ERMS), which is currently being piloted with selected accredited companies, will …
By Akinyi Winiefred Four people including a company director have received prison sentences for perpetrating tax fraud. Rajesh Rabadiya, Bhudiya Devshi Jadva, and Suresh Bhudiya were convicted of making false statements that caused a tax loss of UGX 2,117,532,486 to the government. Court heard that between July 2015 and June 2022, the three filed false …
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By Irene Kabakama A technical team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited URA to conduct a review of the Domestic Revenue Mobilization Strategy (DRMS) yesterday. “We are reviewing the performance of the implementation of DRMS from 2019 to see how far URA has gone and to identify areas that need improvement & support. We …
A joint operation between URA Busia enforcement team and the police crime intelligence arrested Magombe Luke over allegations of forging stamps of various agencies and forged documents like temporary road user charge forms (F18), DTB bank receipt, C32 and fake stamps. Magombe was arrested last Friday at a hideout next to Embassy Lounge in Busia …
By Annet Nantongo URA exceeded the revenue target for the financial year 2022/23 by collecting UGX 57.48 billion extra in the period July 2022 to June 2023, where they registered collections of UGX 25,209.05 billion against a target of UGX 25,151.57 billion, indicating a 100.23% performance. This success comes 5 years later since the tax …
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On the Sunday night, the URA team in Packwach received information about a smuggler who had concealed smuggled goods in maize sacks. These goods were coming from Koboko heading to Kampala. As is the norm now, most smugglers now employ counter informers to monitor the URA movements. Despite this “alertness” from the smuggler, the URA …
Packwach customs team impounds 5.6 tons of powdered milk Read More »
Recently, the enforcement team in Masaka impounded assorted cosmetics. This followed well-executed information from a newly recruited informer who alerted the URA team. The informer took it upon himself to be part of operation until the goods were impounded at a nearby store in Lwengo town. The goods were picked and delivered to the URA …
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