Social Media Tax
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Internet
Nathan Ernest Olupot January 15, 2020
URA Boss, Akol Wants Levy on Social Media Abolished
While appearing before the Parliamentary Finance Committee on Tuesday morning, URA Commissioner General, Ms. Doris Akol proposed abolishing over-the-top tax…
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News
Nathan Ernest Olupot August 3, 2019
OTT Tax Worst Performing Tax Category for 2018/19 – URA
Government revenue collection agency, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) says that OTT Tax was among the worst-performing tax categories for 2018/19,…
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Internet
Staff Writer July 27, 2019
With or Without OTT, the Cost of Data Will Remain High – Frank Tumwebaze
Over-the-Top (OTT) services taxed in Uganda still remains a huge concern to Ugandans as majority would prefer to use Virtual…
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News
Nathan Ernest Olupot July 16, 2019
URA Registers UGX234.5bn Short on OTT Levy, as Doris Akol Blames it on Wi-Fi & VPNs
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has collected UGX49.5 billion out of the projected UGX284 billion of OTT levy in the…
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Editor's Pick
Nathan Ernest Olupot March 15, 2019
Editor’s Pick: How To Pay OTT Tax
The Parliment of Uganda last year passed the passed the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2018 with amendments that imposes a…
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Internet
Nathan Ernest Olupot January 30, 2019
OTT Tax Payers, Revenue Figures Drop Tremendously
According to a quarterly report by government regulatory body of the communications sector; Uganda Communication Commission (UCC), shows OTT taxpayers…
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News
Nathan Ernest Olupot November 21, 2018
Quarterly, Annual OTT Fees Introduced
In March this year, President Museveni proposed that social media platform should be taxed. In a letter he wrote to…
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Business
Nathan Ernest Olupot July 12, 2018
Social Media & Mobile Money Taxes Will Be Reviewed, And A New Bill Brought Next Week – Ruhakana Rugunda
Following Wednesday’s protest led by Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu a.k.a Bobi Wine, in a bid to drop taxes on on social…
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Apps & Software
Nathan Ernest Olupot July 6, 2018
Opinion: Will Taxing Social Media Reduce On Gossip?
While Ugandans are storming social media most especially micro-blogging website; Twitter about the newly introduced social media tax of UGX200, they…
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Business
Nathan Ernest Olupot July 5, 2018
New Mobile Money Tax is 0.5%, not 1% – Claims President Museveni
Following public outcry over new Excise Duties that were passed by the Uganda Parliament last month, a statement released and signed…
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