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FAIR TAX MONITOR UGANDA: Policy Briefing Paper

This policy brief was compiled through a review of the Fair Tax Monitor Uganda from a Gender Perspective study conducted by Oxfam in Uganda in collaboration with Oxfam Novib, SOMO, FEMNET, SEATINI…

Strengthen the Tax system to reduce the income and gender inequalities in Uganda

13th April 2022Uganda has made some milestones in the fight against inequality and poverty. However, there is continued regressivity of the tax system, affecting low-income earners, especially women…

Fiscal Accountability for Inequality Reduction: Even It Up

Oxfam in Uganda is working with civil society organizations to amplify the voices and needs of Ugandan citizens in terms of the country’s fiscal system, which determines taxation and public spending…

Fiscal Accountability for Inequality Reduction (FAIR)- Track Record Case Study

This case study shows the power of swift and coordinated action, backed by a wide constituency of citizens to change regressive tax policies, and illustrates how citizens can improve public finance…

The role of Strategic Partnerships in the fight against economic inequality through influencing international & domestic tax policy– a case of the Uganda-Netherlands Double Taxation Agreement

Excessive economic inequality is one of the defining issues of our time. Unfortunately, Uganda has experienced a rise in economic inequality over the past twenty years (scoring 0.37 on the Gini…

CSO STATEMENT ON THE 500 BN TAX WAIVER AND THE PROPOSED PAYMENT OF TAX ON OVER THE TOP TO SERVICES FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

Oxfam in Uganda in partnership with the Tax Justice Alliance in Uganda, SEATINI, CSBAG, and Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda (ACCU) have released this statement in response to the legislators’…

Launch of the Fair Tax Monitor in Uganda: Bringing Tax Justice Closer to the Leaders

Millions of Ugandans now know that the tax system in Uganda is not fair. The launch of the Fair Tax Monitor by Oxfam and partner SEATINI at the end of January was on the biggest national private…

Uganda's Tax System Continues To Widen The Inequality Gap

January 23, Kampala: The Uganda Tax System is widening the inequality gap according to a new report launched today by Oxfam, SEATINI and other members of the Tax Justice Alliance Uganda. The report…

Fair Tax Monitor

The Fair Tax Monitor project was started in December 2014 by Oxfam Novib and Tax Justice Network—Africa (TJN-A), in collaboration with partners from Bangladesh (SUPRO), Pakistan (Indus Consortium),…

Can You Open Fiscal Space by Closing Civic Space?

Not if you want domestic revenue mobilization to succeedWhy we must not trade civic space for fiscal revenueWe hope you share this blog on social media. But if you live in Uganda, it might cost you.…

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