Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has extended the deadline for filing tax returns to end of today Thursday 1st July 2021 after a system downtime yesterday.
In a public notice, the tax authority says taxpayers have up to day midnight to file returns without facing penalties.
Below is the Notice in full:
We hereby inform the general public that following a system downtime experienced yesterday afternoon, all our online services have since been restored and taxpayers can access them without any interruptions.
Additionally, we have accorded taxpayers who have been affected an extension of one (1) day to file their tax returns and pay any taxes due by midnight tomorrow (Thursday 1st July, 2021) without facing any penalties related to late payment.
We further urge all taxpayers who have not yet paid their due taxes to do so using the following payment options:
a. All URA designated bank branches across the country
b. Online banking/EFT/RTGS
c. Agency banking
d. VISA/MasterCard for Stanbic Bank, ABSA and UBA
e. PayWay services across the country
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f. Mobile money (MTN and Airtel)
All our online and on-call service support platforms are readily available to offer service support to all our esteemed taxpayers;-
a. Toll-free lines 0800-117000/0800-217000
b. Email: services@ura.go.ug
c. Website: http://ura.go.ug
d. Social media: Facebook – URApage | Twitter – @URAuganda
e. URA Customs Help Tool – https://help.ura.go.ug/login for customs transactions and correspondences
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