To control speech, Uganda is taxing internet usage by 30% ...Middle East

What started off as an effort by the authorities in Uganda to control the internet by imposing a tax on use of social media has transformed into a tax on data packages, generating more dissent and controversy.As Uganda grapples with the economic and social effects of a lockdown brought on by the worsening Covid-19 crisis in the country, people will have one more added expense to worry about: tax on internet bundles. Effective July 1 internet users will pay a 12% tax on data packages, bringing total tax on internet use to 30% after factoring in the existing 18% Value Added Tax (VAT.)The new tax, passed by the country’s parliament in May, replaces the over-the-top tax (OTT), popularly known as

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