The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has urged government to move expeditiously and present amendments to the recently passed Excise Duty (Amendment) Act that introduces taxes on mobile money transactions and social media. “This bill was passed into law so it should not be handled lightly. There is urgent need to harmonize the existing law […]
Makerere University Guild and a section of mobile-money vendors have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga to intervene and cause the review of the recently passed Excise Duty (Amendment) Act. The law imposes a one per cent excise duty on Mobile money transactions and shs200 on over the top services on social media. The students […]
President Yoweri Museveni has returned the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2016 back to Parliament for reconsideration duty on incoming international calls. The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga informed parliament that the President noted that the removal of excise duty would not lead to an increase of incoming international calls but will target the illegal operators who […]