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The dispatch book · File 036 · last verified 28 October 2026

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File 036 · from URA Board Chairman · to URA

Integrate MDA data systems with URA's for revenue assurance.

117days in the tray, no public evidence of actionRecommended 3 Jul 2026

Evidence slip

Sent03.07.26ReviewedLawDone

From URA Board Chairman (as reported by MoFPED) · to Uganda Revenue Authority · All

“data integration between MDAs and URA”

body text

The desks

Sent03.07.26MOFPED and URA Agree on Target of 20% Tax to GDP Ratio by FY…
Reviewed
no evidence
Law
no evidence
Funded
no evidence
Under way
no evidence
Done
no evidence
Evaluated
no evidence

Sent, 3 July 2026. Recommended in MOFPED and URA Agree on Target of 20% Tax to GDP Ratio by FY 2029/30 (body text).

The route slip

From finding to result, link by link

Each box is one link of the reform chain. ✓ documented; ? claimed but not documented; · no evidence yet, with what it needs. This file stops at: Action.

  1. FindingDocumentedAt the MoFPED and URA meeting on the 20% target, the URA Board Chairman proposed data integration between MDAs and URA for revenue assurance.
  2. ProblemDocumentedURA lacks access to other government agencies' data for risk management.
  3. RecommendationDocumented"data integration between MDAs and URA" (MoFPED, body text)
  4. Legal powerDocumentedURA Act Cap. 196 s.3(1)(a) (assess, collect and account for revenue) and s.3(1)(b) (advise the Minister); opened, URA-ACT-S3
  5. InstitutionNamedUganda Revenue Authority
  6. ActionNo evidence yetneeds a dated decision, response or delivery document
  7. OutputNo evidence yetneeds a published output measure
  8. OutcomeNo evidence yetneeds an outcome measure with a baseline
  9. EvaluationNo evidence yetneeds an evaluation with a stated method

Why it was recommended

Finding. At the MoFPED and URA meeting on the 20% target, the URA Board Chairman proposed data integration between MDAs and URA for revenue assurance.

Problem. URA lacks access to other government agencies' data for risk management.

Strength of the evidence behind it: insufficient.

Note. A reported proposal at a meeting, not a decision. Carried forward from the skill's Demo B (record 002).

Who has the power to act

Uganda Revenue Authority. Legal power checked: URA Act Cap. 196 s.3(1)(a) (assess, collect and account for revenue) and s.3(1)(b) (advise the Minister); opened, URA-ACT-S3.

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