Government is aiming at collecting 16.35 trillion Shillings to support the estimates in the 2018/2019 financial year budget presented this afternoon.
Part of this, totalling 15.9 trillion Shillings will be
raised from the new tax measures which will come into effect at the beginning
of July.
The new tax measures include a 200 Shilling daily levy
on each person using platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook, Viber and Skype among
others, a 1 percent excise duty on each mobile money transaction, a 200
Shillings levy on every litre of cooking oil and 100 Shillings for every litre
of diesel and petrol.
The other measures include a duty of 650 Shillings
levied on each litre of beer, 1500 Shillings per litre on ready to drink
spirits and 200 Shillings for every litre of non-alcoholic beverages with the
exception of fruit or vegetable juices among others.
To generate more revenues, Finance Minister Matia
Kasaija says URA will, among other things, pursue tax evaders, heighten
business intelligence and combat smuggling.
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