The Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Hon. Francis Mwebesa, has inaugurated a new ten-member board; The National Standards Council (NSC), that will provide oversight and policy guidance to the UNBS to ensure effective service delivery.
The URA Tax Literacy Unit recently conducted a client onboarding session for new taxpayers operating within Kampala East Quarters. The taxpayers were given an expositional study on the different tax regimes.
The Commissioner General of the Uganda Revenue Authority, John Rujoki Musinguzi, in the company of PSST Ramathan Ggoobi, recently met traders under their umbrella body, the Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA), to harmonize the valuation of the importation of used clothes.
R. Musinguzi, the Commissioner General of the URA has appealed to Ugandans to promote the usage of the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing System (EFRIS) by requesting for fiscalized receipts whenever they buy goods and get VAT-related services.
A traveller aboard an inbound flight from Dubai has been nabbed with “fake hips” that were discovered to be smuggling smart phones. The lady discovered that in fact “her hips did lie” when 40 pieces of phones were found strapped to her hips and in her bosom, hidden beneath several layers of clothing.
Kenya will finally license the Uganda National Oil Company (Unoc), ending months of a major feud that spilled over to the regional court and hurt diplomatic ties between the two countries.
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The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Customs Enforcement team at Entebbe Airport has stepped up its efforts, using technology to uncover hidden mobile phones. Source Opera News. Read full story