The federal government of Uganda has introduced an OTT taxation which will be effective 1 st 2018 july. The social media marketing taxation can be an excise responsibility on on the top (OTT) solutions. Users will need to pay a UGX 200 levy day that is per of.
What exactly are OTT solutions?
OTT services mean “the transmission or receipt of sound or communications on the internet protocol network and includes use of digital networks that are private”
Social networking Tax is likely to be levied in the after OTT solutions.
The us government promises to tax any OTT web internet sites like the examples the following.
OTT taxation
The OTT income tax will likely be charged on all the above solutions. All solutions linked to the above mentioned will attract an OTT also income tax.
Nevertheless, e-mail services are maybe perhaps not regarded as taxable OTT solutions. Also, movie streaming, such as Ugandan iflix and television are perhaps not regarded as taxable OTT solutions. The key phrase right here is “currently” —maybe they are going to be taxed soon, that knows?
To pay for the OTT taxation, it is important to make use of the wallet that is mobile maybe not Airtime. It is because Airtime currently has its very own own group of income tax (VAT and EXCISE).