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NSSF Managing Director, Richard Byarugaba, said the ruling was significant for NSSF’s members, given that the value is equivalent to almost 3 or 4 percentage points of the amount that NSSF paid out last year in interest.

NSSF wins UGX43 billion tax case against Uganda Revenue Authority

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 the
November 3, 2020
Celia Becker (left) is Africa Regulatory and Business Intelligence Executive at ENSafrica and Phillip Karugaba (right) is the Head of ENSafrica Advocates in Uganda. The duo agree with the Tax Appeals Tribunal that even under pressure to achieve tax collection targets in a declining economy, the Commissioner General’s discretion must still be exercised judiciously.

TAT RULING: URA Commissioner General’s powers are not absolute and must be exercised reasonably

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 the Commissioner-General
July 16, 2020

 

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