URA targets sh5 trillion revenue this fiscal year
May 02, 2011
THE Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is targeting sh5 trillion revenue collection this financial year, Doris Akol, the tax body’s board secretary, has said.
By Donald Kirya
THE Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is targeting sh5 trillion revenue collection this financial year, Doris Akol, the tax body’s board secretary, has said.
“When URA was established in 1991, it was collecting about sh4b revenue.
“This has been increasing over the years, and we expect to collect about sh5 trillion revenue this fiscal year,†Akol said.
She was speaking at the pass out ceremony of 51 URA staff at the UPDF’s Gaddafi Junior Staff College in Jinja on Saturday.
She represented Allen Kagina, the URA Commissioner General.
Lt. Col. Alex Opolot Olupot, the staff college’s chief instructor, said the course has equipped the participants with skills in criminal investigation, intelligence, self defense, marksmanship and military drills, which will help them overcome challenges met in their work.
These include detecting, preventing and fighting fraud and financial crime.
Col. Sam Omara, the college commandant, who represented Brig. Silver Kayemba, the chief of operation and training, said the UPDF was mandated to provide such training to civil authorities.
He said they covered two courses, the tax bodies management course that attracted nine participants and the operative course, which attracted 42 participants.
Patrick Mukiibi, the URA commissioner for tax investigations, said the training was aimed at transforming their staff in the investigations department into a modern and effective criminal investigations unit.
“We need to sharpen our ability to determine willingness of the offender and distinguish between the non-complaint and the criminal, be able to prescribe appropriate treatment. This includes prosecution, in case of involvement in criminal activity,†he said.
Mukiibi explained that the approach was a deterrent tool that enhances public confidence in the tax system.
He said the training would help the participants be self-reliant and ensure a safer-working environment in the face of hostile clients.
“The Uganda Revenue Authority will continue to explore on areas that can deepen our officers’ knowledge on taxation and close the gaps that cause revenue leakage,†Mukiibi added.
THE Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is targeting sh5 trillion revenue collection this financial year, Doris Akol, the tax body’s board secretary, has said.
“When URA was established in 1991, it was collecting about sh4b revenue.
“This has been increasing over the years, and we expect to collect about sh5 trillion revenue this fiscal year,†Akol said.
She was speaking at the pass out ceremony of 51 URA staff at the UPDF’s Gaddafi Junior Staff College in Jinja on Saturday.
She represented Allen Kagina, the URA Commissioner General.
Lt. Col. Alex Opolot Olupot, the staff college’s chief instructor, said the course has equipped the participants with skills in criminal investigation, intelligence, self defense, marksmanship and military drills, which will help them overcome challenges met in their work.
These include detecting, preventing and fighting fraud and financial crime.
Col. Sam Omara, the college commandant, who represented Brig. Silver Kayemba, the chief of operation and training, said the UPDF was mandated to provide such training to civil authorities.
He said they covered two courses, the tax bodies management course that attracted nine participants and the operative course, which attracted 42 participants.
Patrick Mukiibi, the URA commissioner for tax investigations, said the training was aimed at transforming their staff in the investigations department into a modern and effective criminal investigations unit.
“We need to sharpen our ability to determine willingness of the offender and distinguish between the non-complaint and the criminal, be able to prescribe appropriate treatment. This includes prosecution, in case of involvement in criminal activity,†he said.
Mukiibi explained that the approach was a deterrent tool that enhances public confidence in the tax system.
He said the training would help the participants be self-reliant and ensure a safer-working environment in the face of hostile clients.
“The Uganda Revenue Authority will continue to explore on areas that can deepen our officers’ knowledge on taxation and close the gaps that cause revenue leakage,†Mukiibi added.