Museveni assents to VAT, NGO ammendment bills

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has has assented to 19 Bills that were recently passed by Parliament. These include the VAT and NGO ammendment bills.

He however returned two Bills to Parliament, for reconsideration.  These are the National Commission for UNESCO (Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Higher Education Students Financing (Amendment) Bill, 2024.

The signing into law of the Value Added Tax Amendment Act 2024 will give URA powers to collect VAT on donated goods or services given by an employer to an employee, while the President also approved the increase of the threshold for claiming for refund of overpaid tax from Shs5,000,000 to Shs10M. Government had initially proposed the threshold to be increased to Shs50M, but MPs rejected the rate, saying it would negatively affect businesses.

President Museveni also signed into law the Non-Governmental Organisations Amendment Act 2024, scrapping the NGO Board and returning its mandate of overseeing operations of NGOs, back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Bills signed into law are:

🔺The Uganda Wildlife Authority (Amendment) Act, 2024
🔺The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (Amendment) Act, 2024…
🔺The Registration of Persons (Amendment) Act, 2024
🔺The Trypanosomiasis Control Council (Repeal) Act, 2024
🔺The Agricultural Chemicals (Control) (Amendment) Act, 2024
🔺The Children (Amendment) Act, 2024
🔺The National Youth Council (Amendment) Act, 2024…
🔺The Persons with Disabilities (Amendment) Act, 2024
🔺The National Women’s Council (Amendment) Act, 2024
🔺The National Council for Older Persons (Amendment) Act, 2024
🔺The Non-Governmental Organisations (Amendment) Act, 2024
🔺The National Library (Amendment) Act, 2024…
🔺The National Planning Authority (Amendment) Act, 2024
🔺The National Population Council (Repeal) Act, 2024
🔺The Physical Planning (Amendment) Act, 2024…
🔺The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, 2024
🔺The Tax Procedures Code (Amendment) Act, 2024
🔺The Stamp Duty (Amendment) Act, 2024
🔺The Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2024
RETURNED
🔺The National Commission for UNESCO (Amendment) Bill, 2024
🔺The Higher Education Students Financing (Amendment) Bill, 2024.

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SOURCE: Pwatch & Parliament media