Uganda Revenue Authority acted unfairly and highhandedly when it impounded an armoured land cruiser belonging to Dr Jaala Higenyi, the former owner of Ntinda View College, following a tax assessment dispute, the High Court has ruled. In a strongly worded judgment delivered on April 30, Justice Susan Odongo overturned an earlier decision of the Tax…
Airtel Uganda has been ordered to pay more than Shs1.09 billion in additional taxes to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) for equipment it imported to manage high-speed data traffic. Court records show that Airtel declared the price of the equipment, known as a Broadband Processing Board, at about $1,349 (Shs 5 million at the time). But…
A long-running legal battle between Amos Murisa and Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has taken a dramatic turn after the Supreme Court ruled that a missing signature on a judgment by Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo means the case has to be retried. At that time, Owiny-Dollo, then a deputy chief justice, was one of the judges who…
The Ministry of Information, Communication Technology (ICT) has developed a government digital registry aimed at coordinating ICT initiatives and projects across all government ministries, departments, and agencies. Sophie Nantongo, the undersecretary at the ministry, said the registry will help improve e-government operations and accelerate Uganda’s digital transformation strategy. Nantongo made the remarks while representing the…
Tugende, a firm that provides motorcycle loans to riders, and the Uganda Revenue Authority are locked in a legal dispute over a tax assessment. The dispute started from Tugende’s decision to offer discounts to customers who clear their loan balances ahead of time. For tax purposes, Tugende treated those discounts as allowable expenses. However, in…
The High Court has overturned tax assessments worth Shs1.24 billion that Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) had imposed on Britania Allied Industries Limited. In a detailed ruling, Justice Susan Odongo said URA acted “unfairly” and “unlawfully” by retrospectively changing its interpretation of customs law after approving Britania’s imports for nearly a decade. The dispute arose from…
When Kansiime Selgio Muhangi joined the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) in 1997 as an assistant revenue officer, he believed he was building a stable career in public service. Over the next eleven years, he advanced through the ranks, eventually becoming Officer I in the Customs department. But in December 2008, his career was abruptly cut…
Kuku Foods Uganda, the parent company of KFC restaurants in Uganda, has raised concern over what it describes as a high-handed and intrusive tax raid carried out by the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). In a protest letter dated November 20, 2025, and addressed to the URA Commissioner General, John Musinguzi, KFC says the operation violated…
Kampala Club, a leisure place patronised by the powerful and the connected, will not have to pay Shs 166 million that the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) had assessed as VAT on the membership fees, the High Court has ruled. The decision, delivered by Justice Susan Odongo overturns an earlier ruling by the Tax Appeals Tribunal…
The Uganda Revenue Authority’s (URA) announced a blanket amnesty for taxpayers with arrears a move that some say signals a strategic shift toward fostering voluntary compliance and easing financial burdens on businesses still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. The URA’s move comes as Uganda grapples with uneven revenue collection. According to official figures, domestic tax…
The High Court has overturned a contempt of court ruling and fines imposed by the Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) against Nile Breweries arguing that it (tribunal) lacked the power to punish the company for what it called “civil contempt”. However, the court sided with the tribunal on a key tax rule, confirming that companies must…
Businessman Amos Nzeyi has prevailed against the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) in a dispute over a Shs 1.82 billion tax assessment on income from the sale of land. In a ruling, the Tax Appeals Tribunal declared that the land sold by Nzeyi was not a business asset and is therefore exempt from income tax. The…
Uganda is one of the countries most exposed to recent cuts in international aid, particularly with the dissolution of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). In 2023, about 5% of gross national income – a measure of a country’s total income, including income from foreign sources – was received in aid. The cuts have…
