Business Reforms in Uganda

Positive= Doing Business reform making it easier to do business. Negative= Doing Business reform making it more difficult to do business.

DB2013:

Negative Registering Property:

Uganda made transferring property more difficult by introducing a requirement for property purchasers to obtain an income tax certificate before registration, resulting in delays at the Uganda Revenue Authority and the Ministry of Finance. At the same time, Uganda made it easier by digitizing records at the title registry, increasing efficiency at the assessor’s office and making it possible for more banks to accept the stamp duty payment.


Positive Resolving Insolvency:

Uganda strengthened its insolvency process by clarifying rules on the creation of mortgages, establishing the duties of mortgagors and mortgagees, defining priority rules, providing remedies for mortgagors and mortgagees and establishing the powers of receivers.


DB2012:

Negative Starting a Business:

Uganda introduced changes that added time to the process of obtaining a business license, slowing business start-up. But it simplified registration for a tax identification number and for value added tax by introducing an online system.


Positive Registering Property:

Uganda increased the efficiency of property transfers by establishing performance standards and recruiting more officials at the land office.


DB2011:

Negative Starting a Business:

Uganda made it more difficult to start a business by increasing the trade licensing fees.


Positive Getting Credit:

Uganda enhanced access to credit by establishing a new private credit bureau.


Positive Enforcing Contracts:

Uganda continues to improve the efficiency of its court system, greatly reducing the time to file and serve a claim.


DB2010:

Positive Paying Taxes:

Rwanda reduced the time companies spent preparing, filing and paying value added tax through improved efficiency of taxpayers' services and the banks.


Positive Trading Across Borders:

Uganda has sped up trading times with improved customs processes, benefits from increased operating hours at the Port of Mombasa, and improved cooperation at the border.


DB2008:

Positive Trading Across Borders:

Uganda eased trading across borders by extending the application of the Asycuda++ EDI system to 4 additional customs stations, introducing a system linking banks to customs (for payment of duties), and enhancing border cooperation along the Kenya–Uganda Border at Malaba through joint inspections.


Reform Summaries


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