#TaxDialogue - Twitter Hashtag

UK Ghana Chamber of Commerce @UKGCC_ACCRA

6 months ago

@PwCGhana @GhanaRevenue Live update: Nana Mensah Otoo, Esq. is now discussing the conflict between tax treaties and domestic tax laws. Join the conversation. 📍 Zoom: https://t.co/7USE7m59Bk 📍 Facebook Live: https://t.co/OkUkX55f6m #UKGCC #PwCGhana #TaxDialogue #InternationalTax #Taxation

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UK Ghana Chamber of Commerce @UKGCC_ACCRA

6 months ago

@PwCGhana Our Double Taxation Agreements & International Tax Cooperation webinar with @PwCGhana is LIVE! Join the conversation with industry experts. 📍 Zoom: https://t.co/7USE7m59Bk 📍 Facebook Live: https://t.co/s4ozqrtXES #UKGCC #PwCGhana #TaxDialogue #InternationalTax #Taxation

UKGCC_ACCRA's tweet photo. @PwCGhana Our Double Taxation Agreements & International Tax Cooperation webinar with @PwCGhana is LIVE!

Join the conversation with industry experts.

📍 Zoom: https://t.co/7USE7m59Bk
📍 Facebook Live: https://t.co/s4ozqrtXES

#UKGCC #PwCGhana #TaxDialogue #InternationalTax #Taxation https://t.co/g8cUHQNVe7

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Uganda National Alliance On Clean Cooking (UNACC) @unacc_ug

8 months ago

UNACC 1st Tax Dialogue at Silver Springs Hotel, Board Chairman Jim Sseduka emphasized tax compliance, transparency & collaboration to drive Uganda’s growth. He urged accountants to uphold ethics & support fair tax systems. #TaxDialogue @UECCC1 @NREP_Uganda @giz_uganda @CCUMEMD

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Media Foundation for West Africa

@TheMFWA

11 months ago

Excerpts from a presentation titled “Study on Tax Gaps, Illicit Financial Flows and Revenue Mobilisation in Ghana” by Dr. Gloria Afful-Mensah, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Ghana, Legon at MFWA’s December 4 #TaxDialogue on Improved Domestic Revenue Mobilization in Ghana, supported by DANIDA through @oxfaminghana . 4/5 --------------------------- Extraits d'une présentation intitulée « Étude sur l’écart fiscal, les flux financiers illicites et la mobilisation des recettes au Ghana » par le Dr Gloria Afful-Mensah, maître de conférences au département d'économie de l'université du Ghana, Legon, lors du #Dialoguefiscal organisé le 4 décembre par la MFWA sur l'amélioration de la mobilisation des recettes intérieures au Ghana, avec le soutien de la DANIDA par l'intermédiaire d'OXFAM au Ghana. 4/5

TheMFWA's tweet photo. Excerpts from a presentation titled “Study on Tax Gaps, Illicit Financial Flows and Revenue Mobilisation in Ghana” by Dr. Gloria Afful-Mensah, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Ghana, Legon at MFWA’s December 4 #TaxDialogue on Improved Domestic Revenue Mobilization in Ghana, supported by DANIDA through @oxfaminghana . 4/5
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Extraits d'une présentation intitulée « Étude sur l’écart fiscal, les flux financiers illicites et la mobilisation des recettes au Ghana » par le Dr Gloria Afful-Mensah, maître de conférences au département d'économie de l'université du Ghana, Legon, lors du #Dialoguefiscal organisé le 4 décembre par la MFWA sur l'amélioration de la mobilisation des recettes intérieures au Ghana, avec le soutien de la DANIDA par l'intermédiaire d'OXFAM au Ghana. 4/5

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State Department for Co-operatives @Ushirika_Kenya

about 1 year ago

PS @Patrickkilemi joined SACCO leaders at the 1st National Taxation Dialogue hosted by @kuscco and @KRACorporate He hailed the leadership of Arnold Munene, David Mategwa & Wanja Wan’gondu for making this historic forum possible. #SACCOs #TaxDialogue

Ushirika_Kenya's tweet photo. PS @Patrickkilemi joined SACCO leaders at the 1st National Taxation Dialogue hosted by @kuscco and @KRACorporate
He hailed the leadership of Arnold Munene, David Mategwa & Wanja Wan’gondu for making this historic forum possible.
#SACCOs #TaxDialogue https://t.co/Md75cDMoGs

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Uganda Chamber of Energy & Minerals

@UgandaChamber

almost 2 years ago

Happening Now: The Mining & Tax Dialogues are underway at Sheraton Kampala, bringing together key stakeholders to discuss taxation policies in the extractives sector. Stay tuned for insights and updates.#Mining #TaxDialogue #Extractives #Uganda

UgandaChamber's tweet photo. Happening Now: The Mining & Tax Dialogues are underway at Sheraton Kampala, bringing together key stakeholders to discuss taxation policies in the extractives sector. Stay tuned for insights and updates.#Mining #TaxDialogue #Extractives #Uganda https://t.co/ZMmEZ6du6N

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UNDP Sustainable Finance @UNDP_SDGFinance

over 2 years ago

📢 Today, #Tax4SDGs held the first National #TaxDialogue in #SriLanka, highlighting fair taxation and a stronger social contract for the #SDGs. Discussions focused on: ✅Tax morale, trust & a strong social/fiscal contract ✅Fair & transparent taxation ✅Innovation in taxation

UNDP_SDGFinance's tweet photo. 📢 Today, #Tax4SDGs held the first National #TaxDialogue in #SriLanka, highlighting fair taxation and a stronger social contract for the #SDGs.

Discussions focused on:
✅Tax morale, trust & a strong social/fiscal contract
✅Fair & transparent taxation
✅Innovation in taxation https://t.co/vulh2JlQit

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CSBAG (csbag.org)

@CSBAGUGANDA

almost 3 years ago

#TaxEducation #TaxDialogue are key components for enhancing voluntary tax compliance. Thanks for this, more Ugandans can benefit more from these discussions @URAuganda

Uganda Revenue Authority

@URAuganda

almost 3 years ago

Dear @idringp ! Feedback is food for champions. We appreciate it profoundly for it offers an opportunity to engage and a platform for tax education. Please allow us to indulge your followers in a few elements about Uganda's tax system that they should know about and how it relates to the taxpayers in the entertainment sector. Kano kawanvumu! Is the tax regime in Uganda fair? Here are a few facts that would suggest so. The first one is the provision to ease business people into compliance. If a business person (artist, comedian or shopkeeper) turns over less than Ugx 10 Million a year, that business person doesn't qualify to pay tax. When their fortunes get better and they turn over more than Ugx 10 Million a year but less than Ugx 150 Million, they join the league of taxpayers as small business taxpayers (presumptive taxpayers). Businesses that are beyond the Ugx 150 Million threshold are considered mature for tax purposes and are no longer small businesses and here, they are required to derive their chargeable income by deducting their total allowable expenses from their total sales. It is against the chargeable income that they then apply the income tax rates of Uganda to arrive at the taxes payable. NB; In principle, income tax is paid against profits. If a business is operating in a loss position for a year of income (where its expenses outweigh its sales), such a business is not expected to pay income tax but it is expected to file a NIL tax return to URA for that period. Failure of this business to file a tax return will prompt URA to reach out in expectation of tax. A business that is turning over more than Ugx 150 Million a year is also expected to register for VAT as a tax head and start making periodic VAT returns (month on month). Additionally, If a business has employees who are earning more than Ugx 235,000/- a month, such a business is expected to file and pay Pay As You Earn on behalf of these employees. Again, if such a business is consuming services from suppliers, then such a business is expected to deduct withholding tax (omusolo gwa nterekeraako) from its suppliers and remit the same to URA, but not to eat it. So what is the picture of tax obligations for entertainers in the case of Uganda? There are levels among entertainers. There are the performing acts (singers, comedians, hypemen, deejays, etc) who are contracted to do a gig or contracted long-term to record labels or entertainment establishments. A musician given a gig to perform at Nyege Nyege in a one-off arrangement will part with a Withholding Tax deduction of 6% from his pay if he is a local artist or 15% if he comes from overseas. However, if the act is contracted to a record label and he is getting a monthly payment for his service to the label and he/she is paid more than Ugx 235,000/- a month, then PAYE is the expected tax payable by this artist. We also have the category of bivulu promoters. This kivvulu can be a comedy show, a music concert, a play, etc. The Kivvulu promoter as a withholding tax agent will deduct withholding tax from his suppliers (singers, band players, comedians, etc who grace his stage to perform for a fee. At this point, we must note that the tax is being paid by the performers and not the Kivvulu promoter. The WHT can be 6% or 15% depending on whether he is sourcing the act from Makindye or Tanzania. The promoter is also expected to deduct VAT at a rate of 18% from every ticket sale for his/her kivvulu and remit the VAT to URA, not eat it. The VAT, while remitted by the promoter is paid by the concert or comedy show reveller (omukyakaze). If the promoter deducts the VAT but does not remit it to URA, then URA is obliged to come and fetch Ugandans' tax simububi. That is why URA deploys officers at events overtly or covertly to verify ticket sales. If the promoter is running a full-time company with employees signed to long-term contracts paid more than Ugx 235,000/-, then that promoter must deduct PAYE from the employees' pay and remit the same to URA. The beauty of Uganda's tax regime is in its self-assessment nature. At the end of the financial period, the promoter is expected to file his income tax and pay it to URA if at all they have operated in a profit position for that year of income. If they have not made a profit, still, they have an obligation to file a NIL return to URA indicating this state of affairs. More often than not, tax disputes between URA and taxpayers arise from failure to file a tax return or simply put, a breakdown in communication. In the spirit of #FfeBanno, we promise that our communication lines will always be open to every taxpayer and that every tax education opportunity is utilized. We look forward to more partnerships to take the tax compliance gospel to every corridor in Uganda with the hope that if every Ugandan pays a little, then no one has to pay too much.

URAuganda's tweet photo. Dear @idringp !

Feedback is food for champions. We appreciate it profoundly for it offers an opportunity to engage and a platform for tax education.

Please allow us to indulge your followers in a few elements about Uganda's tax system that they should know about and how it relates to the taxpayers in the entertainment sector. Kano kawanvumu!

Is the tax regime in Uganda fair?

Here are a few facts that would suggest so. The first one is the provision to ease business people into compliance.

If a business person (artist, comedian or shopkeeper) turns over less than Ugx 10 Million a year, that business person doesn't qualify to pay tax. When their fortunes get better and they turn over more than Ugx 10 Million a year but less than Ugx 150 Million, they join the league of taxpayers as small business taxpayers (presumptive taxpayers).

Businesses that are beyond the Ugx 150 Million threshold are considered mature for tax purposes and are no longer small businesses and here, they are required to derive their chargeable income by deducting their total allowable expenses from their total sales. It is against the chargeable income that they then apply the income tax rates of Uganda to arrive at the taxes payable.

NB; In principle, income tax is paid against profits. If a business is operating in a loss position for a year of income (where its expenses outweigh its sales), such a business is not expected to pay income tax but it is expected to file a NIL tax return to URA for that period. Failure of this business to file a tax return will prompt URA to reach out in expectation of tax.

A business that is turning over more than Ugx 150 Million a year is also expected to register for VAT as a tax head and start making periodic VAT returns (month on month).

Additionally, If a business has employees who are earning more than Ugx 235,000/- a month, such a business is expected to file and pay Pay As You Earn on behalf of these employees.

Again, if such a business is consuming services from suppliers, then such a business is expected to deduct withholding tax (omusolo gwa nterekeraako) from its suppliers and remit the same to URA, but not to eat it.

So what is the picture of tax obligations for entertainers in the case of Uganda?

There are levels among entertainers.

There are the performing acts (singers, comedians, hypemen, deejays, etc) who are contracted to do a gig or contracted long-term to record labels or entertainment establishments. A musician given a gig to perform at Nyege Nyege in a one-off arrangement will part with a Withholding Tax deduction of 6% from his pay if he is a local artist or 15% if he comes from overseas. However, if the act is contracted to a record label and he is getting a monthly payment for his service to the label and he/she is paid more than Ugx 235,000/- a month, then PAYE is the expected tax payable by this artist.

We also have the category of bivulu promoters. This kivvulu can be a comedy show, a music concert, a play, etc.

The Kivvulu promoter as a withholding tax agent will deduct withholding tax from his suppliers (singers, band players, comedians, etc who grace his stage to perform for a fee. At this point, we must note that the tax is being paid by the performers and not the Kivvulu promoter. The WHT can be 6% or 15% depending on whether he is sourcing the act from Makindye or Tanzania.

The promoter is also expected to deduct VAT at a rate of 18% from every ticket sale for his/her kivvulu and remit the VAT to URA, not eat it. The VAT, while remitted by the promoter is paid by the concert or comedy show reveller (omukyakaze). If the promoter deducts the VAT but does not remit it to URA, then URA is obliged to come and fetch Ugandans' tax simububi. That is why URA deploys officers at events overtly or covertly to verify ticket sales.

If the promoter is running a full-time company with employees signed to long-term contracts paid more than Ugx 235,000/-, then that promoter must deduct PAYE from the employees' pay and remit the same to URA.

The beauty of Uganda's tax regime is in its self-assessment nature. At the end of the financial period, the promoter is expected to file his income tax and pay it to URA if at all they have operated in a profit position for that year of income. If they have not made a profit, still, they have an obligation to file a NIL return to URA indicating this state of affairs.

More often than not, tax disputes between URA and taxpayers arise from failure to file a tax return or simply put, a breakdown in communication.

In the spirit of #FfeBanno, we promise that our communication lines will always be open to every taxpayer and that every tax education opportunity is utilized.

We look forward to more partnerships to take the tax compliance gospel to every corridor in Uganda with the hope that if every Ugandan pays a little, then no one has to pay too much.

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Apollos Doreen©️

@ApollosDoreen

over 5 years ago

#TaxDialogue @AU_Economy @AU_ETIM @ATAFtax

African Union

@_AfricanUnion

over 5 years ago

For sustainable recovery from fiscal challenges of widened deficits & increased public debt caused by #COVID19, Tax policies must be innovative to support Domestic Resource Mobilization. What alternatives can countries explore to increase revenue? Details- https://t.co/k1tcRZSSl6

_AfricanUnion's tweet photo. For sustainable recovery from fiscal challenges of widened deficits & increased public debt caused by #COVID19, Tax policies must be innovative to support Domestic Resource Mobilization. What alternatives can countries explore to increase revenue?
Details- https://t.co/k1tcRZSSl6 https://t.co/VcyzaFVfy6

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Alex Ampaabeng, PhD @alexampaabeng

almost 7 years ago

Low tax morale / responsibility on the part of the corporate community is the result of unfairness in the system (ref. tax incentives) - Chair, Ghana Chamber of Commerce, Central region. #GhanaTaxDialogue #TaxDialogue

alexampaabeng's tweet photo. Low tax morale / responsibility on the part of the corporate community is the result of unfairness in the system (ref. tax incentives) - Chair, Ghana Chamber of Commerce, Central region.
#GhanaTaxDialogue #TaxDialogue https://t.co/hzm9XNnqc9

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Namdzini @dinabob

almost 7 years ago

"One of the biggest issues we are facing as a country is not just corruption but also illicit financial flows" - Everlyn Muendo, UoN #TaxDialogue #100YearsofTaxationinKenya #TaxJustice @oxfaminKE

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Namdzini @dinabob

almost 7 years ago

"Tax payers literacy must be removed from Kenya Revenue Authority and put back to the Ministry of Education. KRA staff are trained to audit and not to teach" - Professor Attiya Waris #TaxDialogue #100YearsofTaxationinKenya #TaxCompliance #TaxJustice @oxfaminKE

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Namdzini @dinabob

almost 7 years ago

"The government is not being moral because at the time of taxation they didn't tell me what my benefits will be" - Irene Otieno - National Taxpayers Association #TaxDialogue #100YearsofTaxationinKenya #TaxMorality #TaxJustice @oxfaminKE

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Alex Ampaabeng, PhD @alexampaabeng

about 7 years ago

Interaction with Taxpayers and other stakeholders at the Northern Regional Tax Forum on 5th Nov. #GhanaTaxDialogue #FREMTT #GhanaBeyondAid #TaxDialogue

alexampaabeng's tweet photo. Interaction with Taxpayers and other stakeholders at the Northern Regional Tax Forum on 5th Nov.
#GhanaTaxDialogue #FREMTT #GhanaBeyondAid #TaxDialogue https://t.co/jClMRbje9v

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Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA)

@rrainfo

about 7 years ago

Guhera mu mwaka wa 2019, Ibigo by'ubucuruzi bito n'ibiciriritse bisonerwa umusoro w'ipatante mu gihe cy'imyaka ibiri uhereye igihe byiyandikishirije. @Imvaho_Nshya @PSF_Rwanda @IGIHE #TaxDialogue #YoungEntrepreneurs

rrainfo's tweet photo. Guhera mu mwaka wa 2019, Ibigo by'ubucuruzi bito n'ibiciriritse bisonerwa umusoro w'ipatante mu gihe cy'imyaka ibiri uhereye igihe byiyandikishirije.
@Imvaho_Nshya
@PSF_Rwanda
@IGIHE
#TaxDialogue
#YoungEntrepreneurs https://t.co/1RFJJI0oMA

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Uganda Revenue Authority

@URAuganda

over 7 years ago · Kampala

"URA's vision is to be a model for best practice and innovation in revenue services in Uganda. That is why many revenue authorities in Africa and beyond have benchmarked from our ways. We've set a trend for many!" ~Mr. Auzia (Entebbe Station Head) #TaxDialogue at @UnivKisubi

URAuganda's tweet photo. "URA's vision is to be a model for best practice and innovation in revenue services in Uganda. That is why many revenue authorities in Africa and beyond have benchmarked from our ways.

We've set a trend for many!"

~Mr. Auzia (Entebbe Station Head)

#TaxDialogue at @UnivKisubi https://t.co/pk0zZcEMtj

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God Of Kikokwa City. HisPropheT😋 @kingspenceU

almost 8 years ago

A tax should be sustainable in all means, you must put a target policy In the value. The President of Tax Society Kyambogo emphasizes on the #TaxDialogue #UniTaxDialogue19 @URAuganda / @tax_umu / @ugandamartyrs

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Christian Damholt @Uniondamholt

over 8 years ago

Siden 2014 har vi i @oxfamibis samlet toneangivende spillere i #dkbiz i @TheTaxDialogue om ansvarlige investeringer og retfærdig skattebetaling. Resultaterne har været gode og nu lancere vi konceptet i Kenya og Ghana👌 #csr #taxdialogue #dkaid https://t.co/r3ADgYKhqX

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