Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni on Friday reaffirmed his government’s ban on exportation of unprocessed minerals from the country. The President was commissioning the country’s first Tin Smelting factory in Ruti, Mbarara City making Uganda the fourth country to start the smelting of Tin in Africa. The factory …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority-URA started the calendar year 2023 with explanations regarding the new plan for the taxation of the incomes of artistes in the entertainment industry. This is one of the revenue measures being put in place for the financial year 2023/2024 which begins in …
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COMMENT | Sarah M. Chelangat | For years, tax compliance has eluded the tax man with slightly over 2 million taxpayers out of a population of 20 million working adults contributing to the tax base. Of the 2 million registered taxpayers, 50% are companies doing business in Uganda. This means a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has directed the office of the Attorney General to use National Identification Numbers(NIN) instead of Tax Identification Numbers (TIN) for processing compensation of war debt claimants in Northern Uganda. The finance ministry had tasked all claimants in Lango, Acholi and Teso sub-region …
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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Office of the Attorney General to use National Identification Numbers(NIN) instead of Tax Identification Numbers (TIN) for processing compensation for war debt claimants in Northern Uganda. The Finance Ministry had tasked all claimants in Lango, Acholi and Teso …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the High Court in Kampala seeking to quash the directive by the Uganda Revenue Authority-URA, requiring buyers and sellers of land worth 10 Million Shillings or more to have a tax identification number (TIN). According to URA, the requirement is …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The application process for the Tax Identification Number (TIN) is now completely web-based, making it easier and quicker to get than before. According to Uganda Revenue Authority- URA, it has also made changes in the existing TIN application form to improve the experience of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A ban on the exportation of minerals by the government is taking a toll on the tin miners in Ntungamo district. The miners most of them attached at to Zanack Holdings are concerned about the ever dropping prices of tin which have dropped from 22,000 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Carnavale Resources Limited has today suspended trading of its shares at the Australian Securities Exchange so that it can make an announcement about tin findings in Uganda. The company said today that its exploration of the Hippo Hill near Kikagati Tin Project in Isingiro district …
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Link to President Museveni unknown birthday and why many Ugandans don’t like that Currently, the government through the Ministry of Public Service is registering and validating data of its pensioners. This census is scheduled to end on Mar.30. It follows a head count of public servants done mid-last year by …
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