Rehema
This is not
the introduction of TV tax in Uganda; it is the re-introduction of TV tax.� People had simply refused to pay it and it
faded under the carpet. $0.42 a year, that is it about.� With everything constant, in 10 years, “poor”
Ugandans who own TV sets will have paid a $4.20 for each set.
We used to pay �80 in England annually
for TV tax and warned visitors who had just come from Uganda not to open
doors to “strangers” (tax agents) when such licenses had expired
and pending renewals. That was per household, but if you shared an apartment (flat)
with another person not related to you, TV tax will be twice as much.
If you kept
your 99.99 pound TV in UK for ten
years, you will have spent another 800 pounds on it for TV tax.� Dumpsters were full of these box TV sets.� Britons protested the tax and some were
willing to go to jail for it.
I have no
quarrel with this TV tax as long as the government uses it to improve the
Television industry in Uganda or put the
tax to some good cause.� I do not think
that there are many TV sets in Uganda and given the
amount of TV tax, nothing major will come out of it to do any telecommunication
improvement.
bvbbv
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Subject: ugnet_: Govt to tax
Television Sets! - desperation!!!
This is the most desperate tax the govt of
Uganda has ever introduced!! How can they tax poor Ugandans for owning a
TV for UgShs 10,000/=?? Our country will never develop!! Are they
taxing Ugandans for recieving information off a TV or what?? This is the
most stupid thing I've heard. a TV tax???!!!!!!!!!
Govt to tax Television Sets
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A levy of 10,000 shillings has been
re-introduced for each owner of a television set.
According to the Minister of Information Dr. Nsaba Buturo(right), the license
fee to be paid annually takes effect August this year.
The minister adds that the fee will be collected at the time of purchase and
subsequently from homes.
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