Uganda: New Tax Bills Target Casinos With Stiff Penalties for Non-Compliance

Uganda: New Tax Bills Target Casinos With Stiff Penalties for Non-Compliance

Minister Musasizi outlined the stringent penalties for non-compliance, saying an operator of a casino, gaming or betting activity who does not use or is not integrated with the gaming and betting centralised payments gateway system is liable to pay a penal tax equivalent to double the gaming or withholding tax due or five thousand five hundred currency points, whichever is higher.

New Tax Crackdown on Casinos: Failure to Pay Could Mean Massive Penalties” – The Black Examiner

KAMPALA, Uganda | Examiner — The Ugandan government has proposed significant tax policy changes that would extend substantial relief to both large energy projects and small local enterprises through newly tabled legislation. During Thursday’s parliamentary session, Minister of State for Finance Henry Musasizi presented the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which includes controversial extensions for Bujagali Hydro Power Project’s tax exemptions…