Month: November 2024

By Immaculate Wanyenze URA has taken a significant step towards promoting tax compliance and acknowledging the contribution of compliant taxpayers towards national development. Recently, the URA Management team held week-long engagements in West Nile, Mbarara Hoima and Mbale, bringing together political leaders, business leaders and community leaders. The Commissioner General, John R. Musinguzi emphasized the …

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By Kamugisha Kabahweza Allan The Uganda Revenue Authority has intercepted a pistol concealed in a passenger’s baggage at Entebbe International Airport. URA Entebbe Non-Intrusive Inspection(NII) In-Charge, John Bosco Twesigye said that the scanner revealed the concealed pistol in baggage belonging to a passenger who had disembarked from a Kenya Airways plane on Sunday. “On Sunday, November 03, …

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By Jacinta Obore Mirembe Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) and the Financial Investigations Authority (FIA) in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC), held a workshop at Sheraton Hotel Kampala on enhancing investigation and prosecution of tax crimes and money laundering in the country. Uganda passed the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AML Act) …

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By Kamugisha Kabahweza Allan The British American Tobacco team led by Chris Achola, Cluster Head BAT East and Southern Africa met with URA to identify ways on curbing illicit trade in cigarettes in the East African region. During the meeting held at URA headquarters, Nakawa BAT proposed different ways through which to curb the vice …

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By Kamugisha Kabahweza Allan The Uganda Revenue Authority recently received a KACITA Excellence Award in recognition of being the Best Government Agency in 2024. During the ceremony, Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) Chairman, Dr. Thadeus Musoke Nagenda commended the Taxman for the engagements held during the year that ended the traders strike during the implementation …

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