Departments in URA

URA Organizational Structure

Commissioner General’s Office (CGO)

The Commissioner General is the Chief Executive of Uganda Revenue Authority and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Authority, management of the entire organization and has control of all the Departments. Generally, the Commissioner General’s office aims at providing a facilitative role and executive control in making the organization achieve its objectives. The Commissioner General’s office comprises of 3 Assistant Commissioners.

• The Assistant Commissioner CG’s office is responsible to manage and research on issues raised for Commissioner General’s attention and provide guidance on the responses required.

• The Assistant Commissioner Public and Corporate Affairs Management is responsible to plan, implement Tax Payer service Information & Education programs and manage the public and corporate affairs functions in URA.

• The Assistant Commissioner Research, Planning and Development is responsible to develop and Implement cost effective and customer responsive work systems and procedures for the organization as well as to develop, support, formulate and monitor the implementation of the URA Corporate Plans, provide revenue statistics and research into revenue potential areas in line with the URA Statute.

Domestic Taxes Department (DTD)
The domestic taxes department is responsible for administering taxes on incomes and local consumption and production. Taxes administered include VAT, Corporation Tax, Pay as you Earn (PAYE), Local Excise and Withholding tax. The department is also responsible for the collection of motor vehicle fees, stamp duty and non tax revenues collected by URA

Customs Department (CD)
The customs department is responsible for the management of all taxes on international trade and facilitating International and regional Trade. The major taxes administered by the customs department include Import Duty, Excise Duty on Petroleum and other selected imports and VAT on Imports.

Corporate Services Department (CSD)
This department is responsible for all support services in URA. It has divisions responsible for Human resources, Finance, Administration and Information Technology.

Legal Services and Board Affairs Department (LS&BA)
This is the department that is responsible for providing all legal services in URA. It is responsible for debt recovery and prosecution of tax defaulters. The department also provides secretarial services to the board of directors.

Internal Audit and Compliance Department (IA&C)
The internal Audit and Compliance Department is responsible for ensuring adherence to URA policies and procedures. It handles all internal audit work as well as staff disciplinary issues.

Tax Investigation Department (TID)
Tax Investigation Department is a highly structured and specialised department that provides investigation support services to all operational areas within Uganda Revenue Authority. Tax Investigations was de-linked from Internal Audit Function and the key objective was to achieve better strategic input from Investigations through focus on tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance schemes.