Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has come out to specify the fee applicants for personalised number plates, should pay in order to get them. The stated fee is UShs 20,000,000 (twenty million).
The confirmation of the fee was made Sunday on their social media page https://www.facebook.com/URApage/
Their post read
“Good morning Uganda:
It is common to sight cars with personalized number plates as you drive, ride, walk or jog on the roads milieu. But the question is — “Did you know the registration fees for personalized number plates in Uganda?” If you didn’t know, then this is an important message for you.
Please tell a friend to tell a friend…
#TaxEducation
#DevelopingUgTogether
“For one to get a personalised number plate, they have to pay Shs6m on top of import duty and registration fees. When we had just started issuing these number plates, they first cost Shs3m, then Shs5m and are now at Shs6m. When a car owner pays for a personalised number plate, they own it and it is tagged to their Tax Identification Number (TIN) and cannot be transferred to another person,the fee for personalized number plates for motorcycles is Shs 1.5m,” Patrick Mpairwe, a supervisor at the Uganda Revenue Authority said in 2016.
He added that “If the personalised number plate owner, for example, passes on, the number plate also ceases to exist and cannot be given to the next of kin. URA retains it and it is one of those things that cannot be inherited. Instead, the number plate is plucked off and the car is transferred to the next of kin and they have to use the ordinary number plate.”
