“So for mobile data users, it will be the date of payment, which is a point of purchase/sale. For fixed-line users who may pay at the end of the month it will likely be at the point of payment as well as the end of the month,” says Michael Masembe, the Team Leader, Tax Education at URA.
Henry Musasizi, the Chairperson of the Finance Committee said that they are considering approving only six out of the seven proposed new tax amendments to help the government raise revenue.
Henry Saka, URAs Commissioner Domestic Taxes says the tax authority has observed a drop in the amount of money collected from excise duty on voice calls indicating that people now use data to call.
