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Price clearly.
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Add or extract 18% VAT, test one invoice line and screen both turnover thresholds without turning a product name into a tax ruling.

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Sources & verification · Reviewed 22 July 2026: URA VAT guidance and the Value Added Tax Act schedules. Report calculation error
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Add or extract Uganda VAT

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Zero-rated is not exempt

This tool does not infer legal treatment from a product name. Choose only a status already confirmed under the current VAT law.

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This high-stakes calculator links the authority sources, method notes, test cases, and limitations used to check the numbers shown on this page.

Last verified 2026-01-01

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Law, regulation, or version

Value Added Tax Act schedules

Calculation methodology

One shared engine adds or extracts the 18% standard VAT rate, prices invoice lines, keeps zero-rated and exempt treatment confirmation-only, and screens the strict above-UGX-37.5-million past- or expected-three-month registration tests. Designated VAT withholding is identified separately as 6% of taxable value under section 5, not a VAT rate; the tool does not calculate a withheld amount until payer designation, supplier or supply eligibility, and current exemption status are confirmed.

Known limitations

  • Informational estimate only. It is not professional tax, legal, payroll, or filing advice.
  • Zero-rating, exemption, input-tax recovery and special treatment require an exact current schedule or statutory basis and are not inferred.
  • VAT withholding is not automatically calculated because designation, supplier or supply eligibility, and current exemption status must all be confirmed.
  • UGX 150 million is shown as an annual reference; the compulsory-registration screen follows URA's strict past- and expected-three-month tests.
  • Confirm filing, registration, and remittance duties with the official authority or a qualified adviser before submission.

Test-case examples

Input: Net amount: UGX 1,000 at the 18% standard rate.
Expected: VAT is UGX 180 and the VAT-inclusive total is UGX 1,180.
Why: Protects the section 4 standard add-VAT path.

Input: Past-three-month taxable sales are exactly UGX 37,500,000, then UGX 37,500,001.
Expected: The exact threshold does not trigger compulsory registration; the amount strictly above it does.
Why: Protects URA's strict exceeded-threshold boundary.

Input: Treatment is confirmed designated VAT withholding.
Expected: The engine reports 6% of taxable value as a withholding amount against VAT, keeps the VAT output-rate context at 18%, and refuses automatic calculation pending eligibility and exemption confirmation.
Why: Prevents confusion between general income-tax withholding, designated VAT withholding and the VAT output rate.

Change history

  • 2026-05-02: Trust and verification panel added with source links, methodology, limitations, and report-error CTA.
  • 2026-07-22: Rebuilt English, French, Swahili and widget runtimes around one reviewed Uganda VAT engine with strict registration boundaries, confirmation-only treatment and section 5 withholding safeguards.

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