Daily Monitor
Monday February 22 2021
Dealing with forgeries: It is not clear how URA intends to deal with the increasing forgeries but at the moment traders and manufacturers that are found with goods such as wines that bear forged stamps are fined not less than Shs50m, imprisoned or both. PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES.
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) officials in Busia District have impounded a consignment of wine and spirits worth millions of shillings bearing forged digital tax stamps.
The impounded goods were found at an Asian-owned wine and spirits store in Sofia, Busia Town, following an operation.
Mr Arnold Turyakira, the acting URA manager eastern region, said the intelligence-led operation was part of a wider crackdown against illicit trade in the country.