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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The Parliamentary committee on finance has dismissed Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)\u2019s request for Shs35.302 billion to construct a tax academy for further training of its staff members.<\/p>\n

Legislators on the committee opposed the request and advised the tax collector to instead focus energies and scale efforts on efficiently delivering on its mandate.<\/p>\n

The money is, among others meant to finance the purchase of land on which the academy would be erected as revealed by the URA Commissioner General, Mr John Musinguzi.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tax academy is a very important vision because it is the only way to impart skills in our staff 24\/7 to collect taxes better,\u201d Mr Musinguzi said.<\/p>\n

In response to Mr Musinguzi\u2019s statement, Napak Woman MP, Ms Faith Nakut told URA to instead save taxpayers\u2019 money by collaborating with educational institutions in place to conduct the trainings.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you want to open an institute? Isn\u2019t ICPA enough? Doesn\u2019t ICPA train tax experts? Previously, you have trained a number of staff but you haven\u2019t deployed them. Actually, those who benefitted from that training and haven\u2019t received employment are the ones helping multi-nationals on tax avoidance and tax planning,\u201d Ms Nakut said.<\/p>\n

In a rejoinder, the shadow minister for Finance, Mr Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi advised URA to create a working relationship with some universities and the Uganda Management Institute (UMI) to equip URA with the requisite trainings and refresher courses deemed vital in execution of their work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy don\u2019t you combine and collaborate with Uganda Management Institute instead of us giving you money for a training institute? You will get better so that you concentrate on what you do better. We have so many universities, you can collaborate with some of them. Do you really need to have a training institute?\u201d Mr Kivumbi wondered.<\/p>\n

In its 2022\/2023 budget framework presented to Parliament, the URA has already indicated that at least Shs205.4 billion will be splashed on salaries of its current staff alone. Already, the tax body is undertaking the recruitment process of hiring another 600 staff to enhance performance of their duties at the URA.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Uganda. The Parliamentary committee on finance has dismissed Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)\u2019s request for Shs35.302 billion to construct a tax academy for further training of its staff members. Legislators on the committee opposed the request and advised the tax collector to instead focus energies and scale efforts on efficiently delivering on its mandate. 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