Uganda, May 9 -- Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has said it will examine challenges associated with implementing digital tax stamps, which manufacturers say have increased the cost of business.

Speaking at the launch of a Private Sector Foundation Uganda-commissioned report on the impact of digital tax stamps on manufacturing, which was conducted by PwC in Kampala yesterday, Mr John Musinguzi Rujoki, the URA commissioner general, said government is willing to engage in achieving the long-term objectives of enhancing Uganda's manufacturing capacity and value addition, while at the same time expanding the country's tax base.

"Anything that takes away your morale to invest is something, URA would definitely not support," he said, noting th...