After years of revenue stagnation, URA’s ambitious reforms aim to widen the tax base and push the tax-to-GDP ratio to 18 percent ...

After months of negotiations, Uganda and Mauritius have reached an agreement on modifications to their 2015 bilateral double taxation agreement (DTA). According to Uganda's Finance Ministry, among the ...

Uganda has set an ambitious revenue target of more than Shs40 trillion (about US$11.4 billion) for the 2026/27 financial year ...

Maria Jouste is a Research Associate at the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER). She is currently involved in a project focused on analysing ...

Widening the tax base must come with relief. There is a reasonable and just expectation that when the tax base is widened, ...

Uganda is betting on the overhauled tax laws to plug revenue leaks and boost domestic revenue collections, which have historically remained low. While reading Uganda’s $20.1 billion budget for the ...

Uganda’s revenue projection for the coming financial year 2026/2027 is estimated at over Shs40 trillion, according to State Minister for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (General Duties), ...

Half-way through 2018, Uganda introduced a Social Media (OTT) tax which required Ugandans to pay a tax if they wanted to access services such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and many others. It turns ...

According to a report by the Ugandan Parliamentary Committee on Finance, Planning, and Economic Development, Uganda has lost out on Ush600 billion ($160.77 million) in uncollected tax from the export ...

Since 2020, Uganda had rarely seen protests, but this changed last month when traders locked their shops in protest of a new digital system from the government that will track their transactions.

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda has cut taxes on fuel imported through Tanzania by 15 percent to bolster shipments via a supply route the country wants developed to end chronic shortages, a senior ...