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Mr Herbert Kafeero, the deputy executive director at the Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiations Institute. PHOTO/MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI
What you need to know:
- The Tax Justice Alliance Uganda (TJAU) just reviewed the country’s tax laws and is developing alternative tax proposals for Financial Year 2027/28.
- In an interview with BD Life’s Ismail Musa Ladu, the deputy executive director at the Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiations Institute, Mr Herbert Kafeero, explains why the government should make wealthy Ugandans pay their fair share of taxes rather than deepening the tax burden for the already burdened, low-income taxpayers.
The government is hell-bent on using revenue as the primary tool for development. As a tax justice advocate, what are your thoughts on that?
If the government wants to use taxation as a true tool for development, then it must look beyond merely mobilising revenue.
Revenue generation is the first of the “Four Rs” of taxation. But it should not come at the expense of the other three: redistribution, repricing, and representation.
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