By Irene Kabakama
Following a meeting held in March this year, the Taxpayer Register Expansion Program (TREP) Steering Committee met today at Serena Hotel, Kampala to discuss the resolutions from two foundational documents that is; the TREP charter and the Business Case. The strategies in these documents once approved will help in expansion of the tax net.
The meeting comprised participants from the Ministry of Finance, Uganda Registration Services Bureau, Kampala Capital City Authority and the Ministry of Local Government.
During the engagement, Ramathan Ggoobi, the Secretary to the Treasury appreciated the engagement as a great step towards revenue mobilisation.
“TREP’s primary role is to increase revenue collection to fully fund the country. I ask the team to take revenue mobilization as a critical mandate so that actionable steps can be taken for both tax and non-tax revenue to enhance revenue,” Ggoobi added.
Ggoobi also requested the team to take the tax register expansion role seriously. He recognized URA for the steps taken in revenue collection.
“I believe many of us are not giving it the attention it deserves. Let us combine efforts with URA to collect significant revenue that will support our country,” he emphasized.
Ggoobi challenged asked agencies that assess non-tax revenue to close the revenue leakages by harmonizing the systems and strengthening collaboration.
On the other hand, John R. Musinguzi, the Commissioner General of URA, added that the approval TREP charter and the business case, will help URA improve in its day-to-day operations of TREP and ease compliance for taxpayers.
