Uganda, April 22 -- Manufacturers have blamed Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) for causing a trade impasse, resulting from the rushed implementation of the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing System (Efris).

Speaking during a press briefing in Kampala at the weekend, Mr Deo J.B Kayemba, the Uganda Manufacturers Association chairperson, said whereas they are not against digital solutions and widening the tax base, rushing to implement a complicated system such as Efris without corresponding sensitisation and unrealistic penalties on non-compliant traders, had caused an unnecessary impasse that has caused losses for both government and traders.

"It widens the tax base, formalises and reduces non-compliance so that everyone can contri...