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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Commencement.
2. Amendment of the Income Tax Act, Cap.340.
3. Amendment of section 5 of principal Act.
4. Amendment of section 21 of principal Act.
5. Insertion of section 27 A in principal Act
6. Amendment of section 90 of principal Act.
7. Amendment of section 118C of principal Act.
8. Insertion of section 123A in principal Act.
9. Amendment of section 136 of principal Act.
10. Amendment of Second Schedule to principal Act.
11. Amendment of Third Schedule to principal Act.
12. Amendment of Fifth Schedule to principal Act.
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A c t 10 Income Tax (Amendment) Act 2017
An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, Cap. 340 to provide for the
exemption from payment of income tax on income accrued by a
body established by an Act of Parliament to regulate the conduct
of professionals; to provide for the exemption from tax of the
income of Bujagali Hydro Power Project up to 30th June 2022; to
provide for deduction of initial allowance for certain capital
investments outside a radius of fifty kilometres from the
boundaries of Kampala; to provide for transactions between
associates to reflect the chargeable income realised in an arm’s
length transaction; to empower the minister to issue estimates of
rent for the purposes of assessing rental tax; to provide for
advance tax in respect of specified transport services; to exempt
Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies from paying income tax
up to 30th June 2027; to provide for a limit on the interest
payable on unpaid tax; to provide for a rate of withholding tax on
winnings from gaming and pool betting; to amend the formula
for assessing the value of the benefit of a vehicle provided to an
employee wholly or partly for a private purpose; and for related
matters.
1. Commencement.
This Act shall come into force on 1st July, 2017.
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A c t 10 Income Tax (Amendment) Act 2017
“Part X
S.118C
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