Day: April 19, 2024

By Winiefred Akinyi Recently, Uganda Revenue Authority has been on the spot on an array of issues, including the implementation of the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS) and enforcement measures that taxpayers say are choking them. The traders have complained about URA’s enforcement teams intercepting customers asking for fiscalized receipts and the closure …

Enforcement is a last resort to recovery of tax-URA Read More »

By Joshua Niyonshima The media has been awash with stories of traders in downtown Kampala protesting against the implementation of URA’s Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing System (EFRIS) and what they allege as double taxation of Value Added Tax (VAT). The traders claim that they pay VAT on goods while purchasing them from manufacturers or …

VAT is not a double Tax—URA Boss clarifies Read More »

By Irene Kabakama Uganda Revenue Authority has called for cooperation and collaboration from Uganda Breweries (UBL) to tackle issues that affect the alcohol industry. In the meeting held at Nakawa, the two bodies discussed ways in which to improve the working relations and also iron out issues raised by the alcohol industry stemming from the …

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By Irene Kabakama In light of the ongoing strike by a section of traders against the Uganda Revenue Authority’s Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution, there have been voices calling for the system to be paused temporarily or removed totally. Appearing before the Parliamentary Committees on Finance and Trade yesterday, the URA Commissioner General John Musinguzi …

Removal of EFRIS will affect equitable taxation- URA boss Read More »