URA CG John Musinguzi
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has grown its tax base to 4,881,983 taxpayers.
The expansion happened during the first half of FY 2024/25, where 420,183 new taxpayers were added to the taxpayer register, bringing a total of 4,881,983 taxpayers. Uganda’s has a population of 46 million people.
URA Commissioner General, John Musinguzi, told the media in Kampala on Wednesday that the new taxpayers so far yielded Shs 59.01 billion for the period July-Dec 2024. Of these, 232,063 were non-individuals and 4,649,920 were individual taxpayers.
Musinguzi said the growth in the register is accredited to the use of 3rd party information, process simplification for tin acquisition, and increased field operations and engagements.
For the Financial Year 2024/25, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development gave the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) a net revenue target of Shs 31.3 trillion. Of this, 48% (Shs 14.9 trillion) was to be collected in the period July–Dec 2024. 52% of the target (Shs 16.4 trillion) is to be collected in the second half, that is, the period (Jan – June 2025). While releasing the half-year results, the URA Commissioner General, John Rujoki Musinguzi, said that the net revenue collections for the half-year, that is, the period July 2024 – Dec 2024, were Shs 15.2 trillion against a target of Shs 14.9 trillion, registering a notable surplus of Shs 322 billion and a performance rate of 102.16 percent.
This means that a growth in net revenue of Shs 2.1 trillion (16.08 percent) was registered in July to December FY 2024/25 compared to July to December FY 2023/24.
“This performance was as a result of stable and resilient economic performance and enhanced administrative measures as well good cooperation of our patriotic tax payers,” said Rujoki.
Data shows that the domestic revenue collection for July to December 2024 was Shs 10.1 trillion against a target of Shs 9.8 trillion, registering a surplus of Shs 257.06 billion and a performance rate of 102.60 percent. A growth of Shs 1.3 trillion billion (15.01 percent) was registered in July to December FY 2024/25 compared to July to December FY 2023/24.
In international trade, revenue collection for July to December was Shs 5.4 trillion against a target of Shs 5.45 trillion. This resulted in a performance of 99.48 percent, and a significant revenue growth of Shs 780.06 billion (16.79 percent) was achieved compared to the same period last FY, that is July-Dec 2024. However, the collections were Shs 28.26 billion below the target.
Rujoki attributed the success to increased field operations and engagements, improved compliance, and enhanced administrative measures.
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