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Uganda: Civil Society Organisations Petition President Over MPs Tax
Monitor, 28 April 2016
Soroti/Kibuku. Civil society organisations under Teso Anti-Corruption Coalition (TAC) have raised more than 5,000 signatures from the electorate across all constituencies to… Read more »
Ugandan MPs Want to Keep Their Tax Exemption
Residents of Kibuku District have threatened to protest and stop paying taxes if President Yoweri Museveni approves the amendment of the Income Tax Act.
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Uganda: Students Join Campaign Against MPs Tax Exemption
Monitor, 27 April 2016
Students from Kawempe Division in Kampala yesterday joined the campaign to discourage President Museveni from assenting to the Income Tax Amendment Bill. Read more »
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Uganda: Ugandans Seek to Block MPs' Tax Exemption
Monitor, 27 April 2016
At least 600 residents in Lyantonde and Luweero Districts have endorsed a petition that seeks to compel President Museveni not to sign the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that… Read more »
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Uganda: Counting the Cost - What MPs' Tax Exemption Means
Monitor, 27 April 2016
The Parliament of Uganda, a fortnight ago, amended the Income Tax (Amendments) Bill, 2016 to exempt the legislators from having their emoluments taxed. Read more »
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Uganda: 'Budget Won't Be Passed if We Pay Income Tax'
Monitor, 27 April 2016
Lawmakers have disparaged the Secretary to Treasury, Mr Keith Muhakanizi for "poking his nose in matters that do not concern him" and put the country on notice that if President… Read more »
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Uganda: Treasury Boss Faults MPs Over Tax Exemption
Monitor, 25 April 2016
The Secretary to the Treasury, Mr Keith Muhakanizi, has said everyone, including Members of Parliament (MPs), should pay tax on their income. Read more »
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Uganda: Members of Parliament Must Not Dodge Taxes
Monitor, 25 April 2016
It was common practice in the past for employers to hide employees' earnings in allowances in order to reduce on the tax burden. Salaries were deliberately understated as the rest… Read more »
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Uganda: Tax-Evading MPs Will Pay the Money Anyway
Observer, 25 April 2016
Kampala - I stand in defence of our "Honourable" Members of Parliament who last week voted to shield a bulk of their earnings from taxation. My view is that we should not lose more… Read more »
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Uganda: In Seeking Tax Exemptions, MPs Are Adding Insult to Injured Taxpayers
Monitor, 21 April 2016
In February 2016, the High Court ruled that all emoluments paid to MPs are subject to tax under the provisions of the Income Tax Act, and directed the Parliamentary Commission to… Read more »
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Uganda: MPs Tax Exemption - NGOs Threaten to Sue
Observer, 20 April 2016
Members of Parliament have come under fire for amending the Income Tax Act to exempt their benefits from taxation. Read more »
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Uganda: Tax Row - How MPs Trapped Themselves
Monitor, 19 April 2016
The taxman has made it clear: As longs as MPs pay is "consolidated", Uganda Revenue Authority will demand Pay- As-You-Earn (PAYE) from them as there is a difference between… Read more »
