Income Tax(Amendment) Act 2023: Repeal of investment incentives could hamper industrialisation and job creation efforts

The repeal of certain incentives to industrial investors outside Kampala industrial hubs such as the Kampala Industrial Business Park (KIBP) in Namanve above, could slow down the spread of industrialisation across the country and hurt jobs creation.

The Income Tax(Amendment) Act 2023 has repealed Section 27A of the Principal Act which provided for initial allowances as a fiscal policy geared at enabling investors in industrialisation and manufacturing to recover costs of acquiring plant and machinery much faster than if they had to recover those costs only through capital deductions allowed through traditional depreciation. A depreciable asset is any plant or machinery, or any implement, utensil or similar article, which is wholly or partly used, or held ready for use, by a person in the production of income included in gross income and which is likely to lose…

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Mark Ruhindi, is a tax lawyer and investment consultant.

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