I-Uganda ihoxisa ukukhululwa ku-VAT yendawo yokuhlala ehhotela

(eTN) – UNgqongqoshe wezeziMali wase-Uganda, u-Maria Kiwanuka, umemezele ukuthi kuzohoxiswa ukukhululwa kwi-VAT yezindawo zokulala emahhotela. I-VAT e-Uganda njengamanje imi kumaphesenti angu-18, futhi uma lesi siphakamiso siphasiswa yiphalamende sibe umthetho, izindleko zendawo yokulala emahhotela kuleli zingase zikhuphuke ngenani elifanayo.

Lokhu kungaholela ezindlekweni eziphakeme kakhulu kubavakashi abavakashela izwe kanye nabahleli bezingqungquthela nababambe iqhaza. Kuhlanganiswe nokukhuphuka okwengeziwe kwentela kaphethiloli nodizili ngosheleni abangama-50 ilitha futhi ngokungangabazeki kuzongena ekhotheshini yezokuthutha, umphumela uzoba ukuthi ukuvakashela e-Uganda kuzobiza kakhulu.

Ukwengeza, i-VAT yethulwa ekuhlinzekweni kwamanzi, yaphinde yaba nomthelela omkhulu ezindlekweni zokuqhuba izindawo zokudlela namahhotela, njengoba kuzoba nokwethulwa kwe-VAT kufulawa kakolweni, obekungakhokhiswa kuze kube manje njengesidingo esiyisisekelo.

'Sicwaninga ngomthelela wezinyathelo ezehlukene zentela eziphakanyiswe ngungqongqoshe enkulumeni yakhe yesabelomali izolo,' kusho umthombo ojwayelekile waseKampala ngaphambi kokuqhubeka: "Uma sibheka, izinguquko eziningi zentela zizophazamisa amanani ethu. yezinkonzo. Amahhotela asebenzisa amanzi amaningi futhi lapho i-VAT iqala ukusebenza kudingeka sidlulisele ukukhuphuka kwezindleko ezindlekweni zethu. Uma ufulawa, esiwusebenzisela isinkwa namakhekhe nasekuphekeni ubiza ngamaphesenti angu-18 ngemva kokwethulwa kwe-VAT, lezi zindleko ezengeziwe zizongena emananini ethu okudla ukuze sibuyise izindleko ezengeziwe. Uma uphethiloli, esiwudingayo kumajeneretha ethu asekelayo, usubiza kakhulu ngosheleni abangama-50, nawo kufanele adluliselwe kumakhasimende ethu ngokukhuphuka kwentela. Abathengi namakhasimende ethu bangalindela ukumba bajule emaphaketheni abo ukuze bathole izinsiza zethu hhayi ngoba sifuna ukunyusa amanani kodwa ngenxa yezinyathelo zentela ezihlongozwe uhulumeni manje. Lisenethuba lokuthi iphalamende lingase lenqabe iVAT emanzini nofulawa, kodwa kuzo zonke lezi zinyathelo, nginesiqiniseko sokuthi zizogunyazwa.”

EMpumalanga Afrika yonke izethulo zesabelomali emaphalamende ahlukene izolo zenziwe ngesikhathi esifanayo eKampala, eNairobi, Dodoma, Kigali, naseBujumbura, ngokuhambisana nenqubo yakamuva yamazwe angamalungu e-EAC yokuhlanganisa lezi zinsuku. Iningi lamafemu amakhulu acwaninga amabhuku esifundeni sase-Afrika eseMpumalanga lizoba neseshini yasekuseni noma yesidlo sasemini ngoLwesihlanu ukuze linikeze uhlolo lwazo lokuqala ngomthelela wesabelomali ezifanele endaweni yebhizinisi kumakhasimende azo. Izinhlangano zezamabhizinisi ezibalulekile ezifana nezinhlaka zezohwebo nezimboni kanye nezinhlaka eziphakeme zomkhakha ozimele nazo zizobamba amaseshini amalungu noNgqongqoshe Bezezimali, amasekela abo, noma izisebenzi ezibalulekile ezivela kumnyango okhona ukuze zicacise ngezindaba eziphakanyisiwe futhi ziphendule imibuzo.

Okucacile nokho, ngokubheka ngokushesha esifundeni sonke, ukuthi ohulumeni abahlanu baphakamise ukunyuka okukhulu kwezindleko zengqalasizinda, okumele kuxhaswe ngemali engenayo, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ngeke kusaba khona nje ukudla kwasemini kwamahhala, kodwa. ukuthi ukudla kwasemini kuzobiza kakhulu ngokuzayo.