Overview:
Treasury Secretary Ramathan Ggoobi recently asked URA to explain the cause of the high staff departures and unveil a plan to address the current revenue deficits. This was after URA registered a high staff turnover during the first four months of the financial year 2022/23.
Uganda Revenue Authority is seeking an additional Shs167Bn to recruit 1,278 new staff in order to improve efficiency.
In FY2024/25, URA has been allocated Shs619.989Bn of which, Shs253.495Bn will go towards payment of wages, Shs321.174Bn for non-wage expenditure, while Shs45.320Bn will cover development expenditure.
“Uganda Revenue Authority is doing a structural review to improve the efficiency of the organisation to add on to the number of foot soldiers required to do this noble mandate to plug some of the revenue leakages and this activity hadn’t happened for quite some long period of time. Our proposal is that this recruitment can be spread over time because it would require about Shs167Bn,” said John Musinguzi, Commissioner General URA while appearing before the Finance Committee on Wednesday.
Treasury Secretary Ramathan Ggoobi recently asked URA to explain the cause of the high staff departures and unveil a plan to address the current revenue deficits. This was after URA registered a high staff turnover during the first four months of the financial year 2022/23.
The number of staff dropped from 3,203 to 3,151.
In the next Financial Year 2024/25, URA is expected to collect taxes to a tune of Shs29.958Trn, representing a growth of Shs286Bn from the current revenue target of Shs29.672Bn, that the tax body is expected to collect this year. However, this figure is subject to change when the final budget is tabled.