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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority – URA has raised a red flag against smuggling of goods in Elegu, the porous Uganda-South Sudan border. Elegu is one of Uganda’s five high volume border entry points after Mutukula (Uganda – Tanzania), Malaba and Busia (Uganda-Kenya) and Mirama Hills at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Margaret Rwaheru Akiiki and her fellow complainants will have to wait a little longer to know whether they are entitled to the billions of shillings in refund by Uganda Revenue Authority-URA arising from a court ruling last week. According to the URA, it’s not yet …

The taxman had expected to collect Shs42.5bn in principal and penal tax from NSSF contributors Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | It became official on Nov. 02 that the National Social Security Fund will not be remitting income tax to Uganda Revenue Authority on the interest rate that it pays …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund has won a landmark case that has saved workers saving up to 43 billion shillings. Uganda Revenue Authority had written to NSSF seven years ago, informing the agency that the interest paid to members accounts is accepted as an …

Reforms cover public debt, interest rates, taxation and public spending Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | A group of civil society organisations under their umbrella organization Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) have presented a list of budget proposals to government that they think can jumpstart the economy that has …

 Can Lt. Col. Nakalema do it? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | For almost two years now since she was appointed to head the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema has been a busy woman crisscrossing the country in her fight against corrupt public officials. Nakalema, who was …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Revenue Authority- URA has commissioned a study to gauge the impact of tax exemptions on the economy. The study will influence policy changes in the next financial year. Government provides tax exemptions especially in areas of Agriculture, manufacturing, construction, information and communication technology , …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Members of Parliament have asked the government to reduce domestic borrowing as a means to finance the budget saying it will crowd out the private sector. The MPs were today meeting the Ministry of Finance and the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to consider two loan …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has finally allowed Tullow to sell all its stake in Uganda’s oil and gas sector to French oil giant Total E&P. Tullow in a statement on Wednesday announced that the Ministry of Energy and Uganda Revenue Authority approved the deal valued at $575 million …

Economic experts warn that it is too early to celebrate the performance Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda Revenue Authority has recorded a surplus in revenue collection for the first quarter of the Financial Year 2020/21 amidst the coronavirus pandemic but economic experts warn it is too early to …