“The Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 will tax non-resident providers of digital services in Uganda such as Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Netflix, etc.,” the parliament said in a brief statement on Twitter Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
Some legislators, however, criticized the bill, saying it might lead to an increase in the prices of internet services and gag social media users.<\/p>\n
The finance committee of the parliament insisted that the bill “is not a social media tax and will not affect an ordinary Ugandan in any way,” according to the statement. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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