Uganda, May 24 -- PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has asked government to align levies under Digital Services Tax to match those of other East African member states, failure of which the tax will make Uganda a less attractive investment destination for digital service companies.

Parliament last week passed a raft of tax measures, among which included the Digital Services Tax, which will apply to companies that are not resident in Uganda but earn an income from their operations in the country.

The levy will apply to services such as web hosting, software and streaming, online advertising, online gaming and gambling, music and movie streaming, remote programmes and equipment maintenance.

Others are subscription-based media, electronic data ...