By Akinyi Winiefred URA enforcement officers in West Nile have seized over 1000 liters of smuggled petrol in Elegu, Amuru district. According to Simon Ssentale Wasswa an enforcement officer in West Nile, the petrol that had been smuggled from neighboring South Sudan was impounded after two separate operations. “Last Thursday, we impounded a Toyota G-touring REG …
By Joshua Niyonshima The Uganda Revenue Authority unveiled the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution mobile application to ease the taxpayers journey to compliance. According to the Commissioner Information Technology and Innovations at the URA Robert Mutebi, formerly VAT registered taxpayers will directly access the mobile app where as non-registered VAT clients will have to …
By Irene Kabakama John R. Musinguzi, the commissioner general of the Uganda Revenue Authority yesterday, visited the Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom, Owek. Charles Peter Mayiga to discuss strategies on how voluntary compliance can impact revenue collection. The Katikkiro Mayiga in his response encouraged URA to work with the media and equip them with all thenecessary …
By Kabahweza Kamugisha Allan The Anti-Corruption Court in Nakasero, Kampala on Monday remanded two former URA employees on charges of corruption and abuse of office. URA prosecution team alleges that on August 30, 2023, Caroline Naggoli and Benedict Sekaayi solicited a bribe of UGX 800 million from Tong Jiao alias Elena a taxpayer. Prosecution on Monday …
By Joshua Niyonshima URA in partnership with the Institute for Social Transformation (IST), supported by OXFAM International in Uganda conducted a two-day public dialogue on fiscal policy reforms, the Markets Act 2023 and taxation awareness in Soroti City. The discussions centered around awareness on creation of fiscal reforms revenue mobilization strategy and responsibilities of a …
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