Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government in the month of November registered a revenue shortfall of 52.18 billion Shillings against its target for the month. This is highlighted in the Ministry of Finance monthly report on the performance of the economy released on Monday. Government through the Uganda Revenue Authority-URA …
Read More »UBA Uganda wins URA’s trailblazer award
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | United Bank for Africa received the Trailblazer Award 2021 from Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) at the 16th Taxpayers’ Appreciation Awards 2021. The lender was recognized for being the first bank to adopt the swipe and pay (Visa card/MasterCard-enabled) payment method in Uganda. The swipe and …
Read More »Truck drivers protest double charges for clearing goods in transit
Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business grounded to a halt at the Busia one-stop border post on Wednesday when truckers decided to park their vehicles protesting double charges for clearing goods in transit. They accused Ogaframe (Invespo), the clearing firm attached to Uganda Revenue Authority-URA at Busia custom for charging …
Read More »Suspected smuggler shot dead in Busia
Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority-URA enforcement officers have shot dead a suspected smuggler in Busia district. The deceased has been identified as Martin Wanjala, a 22-year-old resident of Buswiriri village, Kapyanga sub county. Wanjala was reportedly shot dead on Sunday night while attempting to resist arrest …
Read More »Supreme Court dismisses Basajjabalaba’s tax evasion appeal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba that was challenging the orders of the Constitutional Court to have him and his brother tried for conspiring to defeat tax laws. In a majority judgement of six Judges against one, the Supreme …
Read More »MPs task UNBS, URA to resolve impasse of 2000 cars stuck at the border
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliament’s Trade committee has tasked the Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS and Uganda Revenue Authority-URA, to resolve the issue of 2000 cars over the age of 15 years stuck at the country’s borders. Although the cars belonging to Masaka United Motor Dealers Association were …
Read More »URA asked to design strategies to mobilize revenue from youth in informal sector
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations want the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to come up with specific strategies that can enable them to mobilize revenue from young people working in the informal sector. Xavier Ejoyi, the country director Action Aid Uganda said during a dialogue held in Kampala …
Read More »URA starts enforcement on use of digital stamps, electronic receipts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority-URA on Monday started the enforcement on the use of e-invoices and digital stamps. A digital tax stamp is a physical paper stamp that is applied to goods or their packaging. It contains security features and codes to prevent counterfeiting and tampering. …
Read More »URA owns up to West Nile shootings
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Finance, Amos Lugoloobi has revealed that the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has taken responsibility for shootings that left one person dead and two others injured in Arua district during altercations between staff of the Authority and the local community. The …
Read More »URA misses first-quarter revenue targets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority-URA has missed its target for the first quarter of financial year 2021/22 by 499.49 billion shillings. Out of the 4.959 trillion shillings target government pledged, the tax body managed to collect 4.459 trillion shillings. However, this is a revenue collection growth of …
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