On February 3, 2021, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) launched a tax compliance campaign dubbed KAKASA-’You’re in charge’, an Integrated Communication and Marketing Campaign where URA will help usher in a new approach to doing business, allowing business men and women across Uganda to take full charge of their business destiny
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Ian Rumanyika, the Ag. Assistant Commissioner Public and Corporate Affairs at URA Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) extended the deadline for filing and payment of January 2021 tax returns from 15th of February, 2021 to 17th of February 2021. Business Focus interviewed Ian Rumanyika, the Ag. Assistant Commissioner Public and Corporate Affairs at URA,
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Ian Rumanyika, the Ag. Assistant Commissioner Public and Corporate Affairs at URA Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) recently launched a tax compliance campaign dubbed KAKASA-’You’re in charge’, an an Integrated Communication and Marketing Campaign where the tax body will help usher in a new approach to doing business, allowing business men
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Josephine Mutabuza, Absa Bank Uganda’s Head of Bancassurance Bancassurance is booming and is expected to increase Uganda’s insurance penetrations that remains below 1% as banks increasingly sell insurance products to their customers. Bancassurance is a simple term coined by combining two words, bank and insurance. Commercial Banks are adopting it
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John Gemin, the Emirates Uganda Country Manager Emirates recently resumed flights to Uganda, albeit with a scaled down frequency. We caught up with John Gemin, the Emirates Uganda Country Manager to give us insights into what the aviation sector is currently going through and what it is that they have
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Ian Rumanyika, the Public & Corporate Affairs Manager at URA Should farmers pay taxes? How does Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) tax farmers? These are some of the widely discussed questions in many farming WhatsApp Groups. During the Economic Summit held at Serena Hotel on November 27, 2019, Finance Minister Matia
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World Bank Chief Economist Carmen Reinhart (pictured above) said the coronavirus pandemic is turning into a major economic crisis and warned of the possibility of a financial crisis emerging. “This did not start as a financial crisis but it is morphing into a major economic crisis, with very serious financial
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UNBS Executive Director Dr. Ben Manyindo For the very first time since March 2020 when the smuggling of Kenyan salt brand with ‘FOR SALE IN KENYA ONLY’ inscription intensified, Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), the Government’s regulatory Agency responsible for enforcement of quality, standardization and assurance, and Uganda Revenue
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NWSC boss Sliver Mugisha The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected both private and public entities. One of the Governments owned an institution offering an essential service that has been hit hard by COVID-19 induced lockdown is National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC). In an interview, Dr Silver Mugisha, the Executive
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Ian Rumanyika, the Manager Public & Corporate Affairs at URA Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) will effective July01, 2020 introduce the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing System (EFRIS) in Uganda. In an exclusive interview with Business Focus on Wednesday June17, 2020, Ian Rumanyika, the Manager Public & Corporate Affairs at URA
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