Social Media Tax
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Internet
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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