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Uganda government reference data

11 series, each cited to the official source it was verified against. Currency UGX.

SeriesCurrentIn force fromOfficial sourceLast verified
Bank of Uganda central bank rate 9.75 percent 2024-10-07 Bank of Uganda — Monetary Policy Statement, May 2026 2026-09-07
VAT standard rate 18 percent 2005-07-01 Value Added Tax (Rate of Tax) Order, 2006 (SI 2006 No. 29), para 3 —… 2026-08-07
VAT registration threshold 300000000 UGX 2026-07-01 Parliament of Uganda — House news of 21 April 2026: 'Parliament… 2026-08-26
National minimum wage (statutory, archaic) 6000 UGX/month (old shillings as enacted in 1984; equals ~UGX 60/month after the May 1987 100:1 currency reform) 1984-09-28 Uganda Gazette Vol. LXXVII No. 39, 28 Sep 1984 — SI No. 38 of 1984… 2026-08-15
Public holidays (free) 17 days held 2026-01-01 Public Holidays Act, Ch. 174 (ULII consolidated text) + 2026 s.2(2)… 2026-07-15
CPI inflation (year-on-year) 4.1 percent (YoY) 2026-08-01 Official UBOS August 2026 CPI release page, 31 Aug 2026 — The Annual… 2026-09-14
Corporate income tax rate 30 percent 1997-07-01 Uganda Revenue Authority — Corporation tax (Income Tax Act, Cap. 340… 2026-07-17
Withholding tax rates 15% across 4 withholding taxes — no single rate — URA - A simplified Guide to Withholding Tax: 'Tax is imposed on every… 2026-08-10
Statutory late-payment interest no single figure — Civil Procedure Act (Cap 282, formerly Cap 71) s 26(2): 'Where and… 2026-08-10
Personal income tax brackets 0–40% across 5 bands 2012-07-01 Uganda Revenue Authority — PAYE rates (Income Tax Act, Cap. 340… 2026-09-07
Statutory social-insurance contributions 10–15% across 2 contribution branches 2022-01-07 National Social Security Fund Act, Cap. 230 (Laws of Uganda, Revised… 2026-08-11

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Every value above names the official instrument it came from and the date it takes effect, and we record when we last checked it. Where a value could not be verified against its own statute we do not publish an estimate — the series is simply absent. Where a question falls outside what we hold, the API refuses and explains, free of charge, rather than returning a number that looks right.