By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Tax body ranked most corrupt in East Africa In 2003 President Museveni described the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) as “a den of thieves” because the levels of corruption were alarmingly high. Soon after, the tax body restructured and appeared to have put corruption and incompetence …
Read More »Is URA hounding out small clearing agents?
By Patrick Kagenda Small import/export clearing firms form the backbone of local clearing and forwarding business in most countries. So to survive in the competitive international trading environment “” both against bureaucratic red-tape and well-resourced multi-nationals, they have always naturally found strength in numbers by operating under umbrella bodies. In …
Read More »URA warns: Reduced economic growth will hit revenue targets
By Joseph Were As it enters the last quarter, the Uganda Revenue Authority is set for a new record in net collections despite a general cloud over the economy. Compilation of its third quarter (Q3) figures must still wait for the March figures but projections based on January and February …
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