Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has recorded sustained growth in domestic revenue collections, driven in part by improvements in tax administration and the adoption of digital enforcement tools, according to the 2024/25 Auditor General’s Report. The report shows that total government revenue rose from …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government of Uganda has reaffirmed its commitment to leveraging digital innovations to bolster tax compliance, with Digital Tax Stamps (DTS) emerging as a cornerstone of this effort. Introduced in November 2019, DTS have played a critical role in enhancing transparency, combating tax evasion, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Breweries Managing Director (MD) Andrew Kilonzo has called upon government to drive usage of the Digital Tax Stamps(DTS) by all targeted users. Kilonzo made the statements during a media engagement withbusiness reporters and editors in Kampala early in the week. He said that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Igara County East MP, Michael Mawanda, is troubled about the modus operandi of implementing the digital stamps policy by the Uganda Revenue Authority. Digital tax stamps rolled out in November 2019 contain security features and codes to prevent counterfeiting of products and enable to track …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority-URA on Monday started the enforcement on the use of e-invoices and digital stamps. A digital tax stamp is a physical paper stamp that is applied to goods or their packaging. It contains security features and codes to prevent counterfeiting and tampering. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Manufacturers, importers and distributors of sugar and cement have up to May 31, 2021, to clear stocks of the products that have no digital tax stamps. The stamp was introduced to enforce the Digital Tracking Solution (DTS) aimed at ensuring that the said products only …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Manufacturers and importers of beverages and cigarettes have five days to have their products stamped with the Digital Tax Stamp (DTS), or their goods will not be on the market. The DTS is a machine-readable stamp put on a package of a product to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority on Monday closed premises of four manufacturers in Kampala for continuing to produce products without putting digital stamps on them. The companies are, Amron International, Prime Care International, Cloud water world and John Distillers. All the companies have been closed as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | High Court has dismissed with costs an interim application seeking to block the government and Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) from implementing and enforcing the Digital Tracking Systems (Tax Stamps). Justice Musa Ssekaana of Civil Division of High Court on Tuesday dismissed the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Harris International (Riham) and Leaf Tobacco and Commodities have set the pace by being the manufacturers to commence stamping of their products using the newly introduced Digital Tax Stamps (DTS). Uganda on Friday started implementing a Digital Tracking Solution (DTS) for excise duty through the implementation …
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