Instruction Notes

Filing Requirements: In pursuance of the Income Tax Act, (CAP 340), you are hereby required to furnish
office location with detailed information regarding withholding tax due from your suppliers/service prov
within 15 days from the end of the month for which you are reporting. Payment of tax withheld should be

Filing Requirements: In pursuance of the Income Tax Act, (CAP 340), you are hereby required to furnish
office location with detailed information regarding withholding tax due from your suppliers/service prov
within 15 days from the end of the month for which you are reporting. Payment of tax withheld should be

Withholding Required – Sections 117 to 121 and Sections 83 to 85 of the Income Tax Act require a with
URA.

Failure to Withhold Tax – A withholding agent who fails to withhold tax in accordance with Section 124
liable to pay to the Commissioner the amount of tax which has not been withheld, but the withholding a
payee.

Record of Payments and Tax Withheld - Section 126 of the Income Tax Act states that A withholdin
inspection by the Commissioner, records showing, in relation to each year of income – (a) payments ma
payments. These records shall be kept by the withholding agent for five years of income after the end o
The Commissioner may call upon a withholding agent to allow an auditor to examine the agent’s record
credit certificates.

Withholding Guidelines - The Income Tax (Withholding Tax) Regulations, 2000 provide extensive g
agents must meet.

Where do I file? - This return should be filed with your local URA office, any Domestic Taxes office or on
to the office closest to you, contact the URA toll free number 0800117000.

Section C – Section C-Summary Sheet

Gross up amounts that attract WHT at 6%, 10%, or 15% and compute withholding tax accordingly.

Schedule 1
Details of withholding tax deducted during the tax period should be listed in this schedule.

Schedule 2
Provide details of WHT paid in this schedule. If the space is not enough, provide an attachment in the sam
General Questions and Additional Information
Specific questions can be directed to URA representatives at your local URA office or by calling the toll fre
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 Return Details
TIN* $ Please enter your TIN
Return period From date* . Please enter RETURN PERIOD FROM DATE in
dd/mm/yyyy
Return period To date* . Please enter RETURN PERIOD TO DATE in
dd/mm/yyyy
 Form DT-2006
Withholding Return Form (6/09)
This Form may be used by all taxpayer or withholding agents
Toll Free 800117000
required to deduct and remit tax to URA on monthly basis.
Section B - Filing Status Version 6.1
Please select
ORIGINAL/AMENDED from the
1) Type of Return drop-down list
Please enter RETURN NUMBER on
a)Return Number which you want to amend
Please enter RETURN DATE of the
return on which you want to
b)Return Date amend in dd/mm/yyyy
Section C -Summary Sheet

Sr.No Gross Amount Rate

SYSEM CALCULATED VALUE #VALUE!

1
SYSEM CALCULATED VALUE #VALUE!
2
SYSEM CALCULATED VALUE #VALUE!
3
SYSEM CALCULATED VALUE
4 Others
Total.
Withholding Tax Deducted
(Amount * Rate)
SYSEM CALCULATED VALUE

SYSEM CALCULATED VALUE

SYSEM CALCULATED VALUE

SYSEM CALCULATED VALUE

#VALUE!
 Schedule 1 - Details of tax dedu
Do you want to upload this schedule separately in
.CSV file?
Details of Person from whom
withholding tax is recovered or Gross Amount
Date of
receivable Paid or
Payment (4)
TIN (1) Name (2) Payable (3)

Please Enter Tin Please Enter Please Enter

Name.It should Amount of
be Tax.It should Please Enter
alphanumeric be numeric Date.Enter date
only. data of length in
less than or dd/mm/yyyy
equal to 15 or dd-mon-
characters. yyyy format.
Total SYSTEM
CALCULATED
VALUE
 Schedule 1 - Details of tax deducted

Please select YES/NO from drop down only

Tax Deducted
Nature of Payment by invoice (5) Tax Rate (6) (7) = (3 )*(6) /
100

Please select Nature of Payment from the Please Enter SYSTEM

drop-down list. TaxRate.It CALCULATED
VALUE
should be
between 1 and
15

SYSTEM
CALCULATED
VALUE
 Balance Tax
Payable 9 =
Tax Remitted
(7-8)
to URA (8)
Please Enter SYSTEM
Tax Remitted CALCULATED
VALUE
to URA.Data of
length should
be less than or
equal to 15
characters.

SYSTEM SYSTEM
CALCULATED CALCULATED
VALUE VALUE
 Schedule 2 - Details of Payment of Tax to Uganda Revenue Auth

Do you want to upload this schedule separately in .CSV file?..

Cheque No. or Payment
Withholding Tax Amount of Tax
Other Instrument Registration
Collected Deposited
Number Number
Please Enter Please Enter Enter Registration
Withholding Tax.It Amount of Tax Number.It should be
should be numeric Deposit.It should be Please enter cheque alphanumeric only.
only numeric only no. It should be
numeric.
SYSTEM
CALCULATED VALUE
Total1
to Uganda Revenue Authority
Please select
YES/NO from drop
down only

Payment Date Bank Name

Please enter date.It Please enter Bank Name.It

should be in should be alphanumeric.
dd/mm/yyyy or
dd-mon-yyyy
format.
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