How NIN becoming tax number will affect you

The local authorities, government institutions and regulatory bodies, including the Uganda Registration Services Bureau and the Uganda Investment Authority, will not issue business, trading or any other kind of licences to persons who do not have a NIN in the case of individuals, a Business Registration Number (BRN) in the case of non individuals, or a TIN issued by a foreign tax authority, where applicable.

Lumumba said the decision is part of the Government’s broader effort to unify digital services and streamline tax administration by using the NIN issued by the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) as the main tax identifier for individual taxpayers. (Credit: Nancy Nanyonga)