Wakiso Polygamists Taxed More
Jul 08, 2003
POLYGAMISTS in Wakiso district are to pay a higher graduated tax, the district council has recommended.
By Christopher Kiwawulo
POLYGAMISTS in Wakiso district are to pay a higher graduated tax, the district council has recommended.
This follows a recent inauguration of the Revenue Mobilisation Team by the district council, as a new tax collecting body.
The district finance officer, Sulpisio Ssemwogerere, said the team and every village chairman and parish chief, would move from house to house and levy taxes according to the property one owns.
“Polygamists will have to pay more tax in comparison to others. Each home they possess, will be assessed separately,†Ssemwogerere told the Nangabo sub-county executive recently.
The system, that starts with Nangabo, is aimed at increasing the tax base and reducing the money spent on hunting tax defaulters in the district.
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POLYGAMISTS in Wakiso district are to pay a higher graduated tax, the district council has recommended.
This follows a recent inauguration of the Revenue Mobilisation Team by the district council, as a new tax collecting body.
The district finance officer, Sulpisio Ssemwogerere, said the team and every village chairman and parish chief, would move from house to house and levy taxes according to the property one owns.
“Polygamists will have to pay more tax in comparison to others. Each home they possess, will be assessed separately,†Ssemwogerere told the Nangabo sub-county executive recently.
The system, that starts with Nangabo, is aimed at increasing the tax base and reducing the money spent on hunting tax defaulters in the district.
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