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Uganda’s OTT Tax in Full and How to activate

Charles Layoo

In July 1st, 2018, the Government and the Parliament of Uganda introduced a tax that requires an excise duty on over-the-top services over the internet. This came immediately following a brief tweet by the President of Uganda, His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni that “social media encourages gossip”. The Social media tax or the OTT Tax requires users to pay a tax of UGX 200 per day in order to access over-the-top services or the social networking platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, Google Hangout, Snapchat, among others. However, mail…