URA continues to penalize non-DTS compliant companies
More than 40 companies dealing in Kombucha products, Juices and Spirits have been penalized for failure to affix tax stamps. The culprits of these products wher...
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URA LAUNCHES ONLINE TV TO INTENSIFY TAX EDUCATION.
The unanticipated emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic has had organisations including Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) come up with new approaches of reaching audi...
Revenue Performance Press Report for Quarter 1, FY2022-23
July-March-FY-21-22
URA Unmasks Clearing Agents Aiding Smuggling
BY ANNET NANTONGO URA is cleaning the house as it streamlines groupage and cargo consolidation, a move that has unearthed a number of system flouters who disagr...
URA on The Hunt for Violators of the Temporary Road Licenses
A Temporary Road License (TRL) is a document usually given to foreigners intending to come into Uganda with their foreign registered vehicles or Ugandans workin...
Why we Should All Embrace The New Rental Tax Regime
By Sarah M. Chelangat The rental tax regime in Uganda has undergone numerous changes through amendments in the Income Tax Act. These changes are intended...
URA Tightens on Lifestyle Audits for Staff with Unexplained Assets
By Immaculate Wanyenze On 30th August 2019, the URA Board of Directors approved the Lifestyle Audit Policy to combat corruption and illegal acquisition o...
URA to Roll Out Warehousing System to Streamline Cargo Management
In a bid to enhance cargo management and accountability in bonded warehouses, Uganda Revenue Authority will effective October 1st implement the Bonded Warehouse...
URA Customs Team Bursts Racket of Cigarette Smugglers in Koboko
It had always been a habit for a group of unknown people to load cigarettes in trucks and conceal them in sacks of charcoal to Kampala. This group had a specifi...
URA Records Surplus In Month Of March
KAMPALA April 11th, 2022: Uganda Revenue Authority has registered one of its strongest performances this financial year, recording a solid surplus for the month...
Finance Committee MPs On Familiarisation Tour At The URA Customs Border Stations
BY NOUELLA ANASO The task of collecting enough revenue for full service delivery and economic independence requires collaborations and partnership across a rang...
Online Fraudsters On The Rise, Be Alert
By Solomon Kimbugwe In the age of excessive use of internet and the ever-growing e-commerce market, the attraction to buy something offered through the digital ...
URA Tightens Intelligence Network Amidst New Tricks From Smugglers
IMMACULATE WANYENZE The thought of a Judge gavel, handcuffed wrists and the penalties that come with smuggling are perhaps the least of worries for Abdu Ofuba,3...
URA MEETS JUDICIARY TO TIGHTEN LEGAL LOOPHOLES IN REVENUE MOBILIZATION.
By Nouella Anaso Over 50 of Uganda’s leading legal practitioners joined URA’s senior management team in a two-day training to tighten loopholes in r...
C.G Reaches Out To Koboko Leaders Over Recent Incitement Complaints
BY RYTTER MUZIRA URA’s Commissioner General, John R. Musinguzi and Koboko Members of Parliament have agreed to work together to determine how to tackle incite...
Contraband Cosmetics Still On The Rise And Stifling Revenue Collection
By IMMACULATE WANYENZE Vaselines, creams, soaps and cosmetics that promise to lighten skin colour are increasingly popular despite their prohibition in Uganda. ...
URA CROWNS CITI BANK AS TOP TAXPAYER
BY FLORENCE NAMUGANZA CITI Bank (U) Limited scooped the Excel Award at the 16th Taxpayer Appreciation Awards ceremony held at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) hea...
LET’S REMAIN OPTIMISTIC THIS CHRISTMAS – URA COMMISSIONER GENERAL
By John R. Musinguzi Fellow Citizens, I thank the Lord who has kept each one of us alive to this day. As we come to the end of this year, I extend my appreciati...
