By 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…
Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has commended Ugandans for enduring COVID-19 pandemic and other global crises that affected the economy and paying obligated tax fares, marking the Financial Year 2021/22 collection…
Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has kicked off the third edition of the e-bomba ya business summits with discussions on survival of businesses in the wake of the effects of COVID-19…
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner General, John R Musinguzi, has spelt out a challenge to URA Supervisors of increasing Uganda’s Tax to GDP ratio to 20.99% by the financial…
Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has acquired 27 baggage and cargo scanners to strengthen inspection of imports, exports and also address security controls at the different border points throughout the country….
Commercial Court Judge, Justice Boniface Wamala has dismissed a UGX42.7 billion tax case against the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). This followed NSSF’s appeal of a 27th March 2020 ruling…
By Celia Becker and Phillip Karugaba The recent ruling of the Tax Appeals Tribunal (“TAT”) in the case of Century Bottling Company v Uganda Revenue Authority (“URA”), has brought the discretion of…
Dicksons Collins Kateshumbwa the former Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner, Domestic Taxes has joined politics. He is vying for the Member of Parliament for the Sheema Municipality in Western Uganda…
On March 29th President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, in exercise of his powers, relieved Doris Akol of her office as Commissioner General of Uganda Revenue Authority and replaced her with John…
France, according to the Private Sector Investment Survey Report (PSIS) 2018 by Bank of Uganda, Uganda Bureau of Standards (UBOS) and Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) is among Uganda’s top 10 sources of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), registering UGX531 billion worth of investments in 2017, up from UGX463 billion in 2016. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on the basis of FDI stock data through 2017, France continues to be the largest foreign investor in Africa.