By Akinyi Winiefred URA’s efforts in countering illicit trade have yielded this week with the taxman impounding several tonnes of smuggled goods across the country. As the festive season draws close, trade volumes increase as traders look to make the most of it. Their prospects are, however, threatened by economic saboteurs that flood the market …
By Dismas Nuwaine In a daring operation that unfolded on December 12th, security forces successfully intercepted a large haul of smuggled cigarettes, uncovering over 1,100 packets of Supermatch cigarettes, totaling 22 cartons, at a private residence in Aywee village, Western division, Gulu City. The raid was prompted after a reliable informant “tipped off” authorities about the …
In 2009, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) launched the eTAX system which came embedded with various returns in Excel format. However, these Excel format returns came with several challenges; they were complicated to fill, uploading of the returns would at times fail, and in the case of Local Excise Duty (LED) certain important aspects like …
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