UTL has come out to announce that it will levy the 12% Excise Duty on internet data on some of its internet services. Uganda Telecom Limited will impose the newly introduced internet tax on some of the internet services and exempt a few others.
According to UTL, its core internet prices will remain unchanged for all its customers, however, the 12% Excise Duty tax will apply to these data bundles. Internet services offered to medical and educational institutions will be exempted from the levy.
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The new tax comes at a time when most Ugandans are trying to survive the second covid-19 wave during the lockdown. MTN Uganda and Smile Communications remain the only telecom firms that have not adjusted their data bundle fees for mobile data. Lycamobile and Roke have already implemented the tax on their data bundle.
Airtel Uganda has however come out announce that they will only levy the tax on their fixed internet services and will only apply to Airtel Business rates. UTL joins Airtel to apply the tax selectively.
