Members of Parliament have honored former Uganda Revenue Authority boss Allen Kagina for her exemplary service during her tenure at the helm of Uganda’s tax body Bulamogi County MP Kenneth Lubogo moved the motion to recognize Kagina as an exceptional civil servant and it was seconded by Nakasongola Moman Mp Margaret Komuhangi. Kagina transformed the […]
News Release Tullow Oil Wins case against Heritage 14 June 2013 – Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) is pleased to announce that Tullow Uganda Limited, its Ugandan subsidiary, has received judgment in its favour in the proceedings against Heritage Oil and Gas Ltd and Heritage Oil Plc (together ‘Heritage’) in the High Court in London […]
The permanent secretary in the ministry of local government John Kashaka has been cleared of any wrong doing in the botched bicycle deal. A state attorney in the office of the attorney general Bahagaza Suuza told court that he approved the contract for the purchase of bicycles and all the rules of public procurement and […]
It seems Uganda Revenue Authority is copying a seed from National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC). This is because after NWSC closed all its cash offices across the country for electronic payments, Uganda Revenue Authority is also phasing out its cash offices. Electronic payments are a new phenomenon in Uganda. In fact it was launched […]
The opposition Democratic Party has condemned the Uganda Revenue Authority’s new directive of disclosing incomes by those transferring proerties. Uganda Revenue Authority recently came up with a policy which requires people to disclose their sources of income in transactions involving acquisition of property worth Shs 50 million and above. DP deputy spokesperson Kenneth Paul Kakande […]
The Uganda Revenue Authority has collected 7000 million shillings from the resisted property transfers in the operation it effected in the last one month. The commissioner General Uganda Revenue Authority Allen Kagina said that government has been losing a lot of revenue through uncollected tax on property transfers. She said that all property transfers […]
The Uganda Revenue Authority says government of Uganda losses about 1.8 trillion shillings (30 %) of its tax revenues collected annual to smugglers and tax evaders contributing to loss on money that is needed for the country’s economic development A report released today by the Uganda Revenue Authority indicates that about 1.8 trillion shillings goes […]
The Uganda Revenue Authority has released the annual report indicating the seizure of 4928 smuggled goods which enabled the Authority to recover 11.1 billion shillings in the financial year 2010/11. The Assistant commissioner in charge of enforcement with URA James Kisaale said that Hides and skin tops the list of the goods smuggled for export without […]
Uganda revenue authority says it will be able to recover all the revenue that has been loosed in the first cuts in the next financial year. In the budget that was read early this week on Wednesday by the finance minister Maria Kiwanuka reviled that government could loss ( 50% ) 8.5 billion shillings in […]
Uganda’s tax collectors are predicting a drastic reduction in food prices and inflation rates in the coming four to six weeks. According to the Uganda Revenue Authority Commissioner in charge of customs, Richard Kamugyugo, this comes at a time when harvests are being made by farmers following a long drought period which forced the prices to […]