MTN Uganda Ltd v Uganda Revenue Authority (TAT Application No. 15 of 2018)
MTN Uganda Ltd v Uganda Revenue Authority (TAT Application No. 15 of 2018) [2020] UGTAT 7 (19 May 2020)
The Tribunal found that while the applicant was permitted to use the Standard Alternative Method, it failed to properly apportion shared costs between taxable telecom services and exempt mobile money services as required by Regulation 14 of the VAT Regulations and S. 28(10) of the VAT Act. The respondent acted within its legal mandate in requiring the applicant to attribute and apportion input tax accordingly. The Tribunal held that the applicant's proposal for apportionment was not automatically accepted and must comply with statutory requirements. The VAT assessment was upheld as the applic…
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- Vat Apportionment
- Input Tax Credit
- Standard Alternative Method
- Tax Assessment
- Retrospective Application
- Tax Refund