By; Ben Musanje
Telecommunication Companies are eagerly waiting to receive positive news on the revised controversial social media and mobile money taxes.
The Mobile Telecom Network-Uganda (MTN) Chief Executive Officer Wim Vanhelleputte told journalists in Kampala that they have recorded losses from over 100,000 mobile money agents which affected their inflows.
The Finance minister Matia Kasaija is expected to table in Parliament the revised amendments to the new Excise Duty Amendment Law on Thursday, that left a slap of 1% tax on mobile money and 200/= as Over the service Tax on who ever accessed internet on July 1st.
Meanwhile, Vanhelleputte assures Ugandans that the ban on airtime scratch cards won’t affect mobile telecom users because they have provided more than two alternative means to get airtime.
Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi who led a demonstration last week has called for total scrapping of the taxes on mobile money and social media because its detrimental to the country.
Last week the Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda told parliament that government was considering either to wave off or reduce taxes on both items and the decision would be reported to parliament by tomorrow.
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