URA has chewed off more than it can swallow!
EDITOR—I concur with Susan Carolyn on her view that the new system of filing tax returns online introduced by the URA is a joke. (The New Vision, March 26) The URA should have tested the system well in advance before introducing it.
EDITOR—I concur with Susan Carolyn on her view that the new system of filing tax returns online introduced by the URA is a joke. (The New Vision, March 26) The URA should have tested the system well in advance before introducing it.
As of now, it is very painful to use.
For example, when I tried to fill in my company’s bank details in the online application registration forms, the system rejected the information and indicated an error! But when I removed the bank account details, the system accepted the forms as having no errors!
In the end I had to submit the application forms online without the bank account details. I submitted my company’s application forms for allocation of a new TIN and access code details online more than one month ago but since then the firm has not been allocated a new TIN nor access codes yet URA now demands that all returns must be done online!
The returns cannot be done online without a new TIN and access code being given to a taxpayer by URA. I think URA, like many other Government agencies rushed into whatever policy they could think of, rushed into this e-tax filing thing. It appears to me that the URA currently has no ample capacity to implement the e-tax system.
Francis Nyanzi
Kampala
As of now, it is very painful to use.
For example, when I tried to fill in my company’s bank details in the online application registration forms, the system rejected the information and indicated an error! But when I removed the bank account details, the system accepted the forms as having no errors!
In the end I had to submit the application forms online without the bank account details. I submitted my company’s application forms for allocation of a new TIN and access code details online more than one month ago but since then the firm has not been allocated a new TIN nor access codes yet URA now demands that all returns must be done online!
The returns cannot be done online without a new TIN and access code being given to a taxpayer by URA. I think URA, like many other Government agencies rushed into whatever policy they could think of, rushed into this e-tax filing thing. It appears to me that the URA currently has no ample capacity to implement the e-tax system.
Francis Nyanzi
Kampala