Publications
Working Paper
Strategic Investment Tax Incentives in Africa: The Case of Tax Holidays in Uganda
ICTD Working Paper; 161
Tax incentives to attract foreign direct investment are common around the world, especially in Africa. Even though many commentators remain sceptical regarding their effectiveness, tax incentives remain popular policy tools for governments in low-income countries seeking to attract...
3 April 2023
Brief
Small Nets for Big Fish? Tax Enforcement on the Richest – Evidence from Uganda
ICTD Research in Brief; 80
Appropriately taxing the richest is a priority for every government, even more so in Africa, where higher revenue mobilisation is needed to fund growth. In Uganda, the revenue authority launched a specific unit to monitor the tax affairs of the richest individuals. Thanks to a close...
31 May 2022
Working Paper
Taxing Agricultural Income in the Global South: Revisiting Uganda’s National Debate
ICTD Working Paper;121
The issue of agricultural taxation has almost completely disappeared from the scholarly and policy agendas in recent decades. And yet, agriculture is taxed very lightly despite contributing substantially to GDP across many Global South countries today. In some cases, light-touch taxation may be...
27 May 2021
Working Paper
How Clean Are Our Taxpayer Returns? Data Management in Uganda Revenue Authority
ATAP Working Paper 24
The paper assesses the cleanliness of taxpayer returns at the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) in terms of: (a) completeness – the extent to which taxpayers submit all the required information as specified in the return forms; (b) accuracy – the extent to which the submitted information is...
23 April 2021