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Section 78: Source of income Income is derived
Income Tax Act consolidated to December 2024 · 338
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from sources in Uganda to the extent to which it is (a) derived by a resident person in carrying on a business except to the extent that it is attributable to a business carried on by the person through a branch outside Uganda;
(b) derived by a non-resident person in carrying on a business through a branch in Uganda;
(c) derived by a resident person in carrying on a business as owner or charterer of a vehicle, ship or
aircraft, wherever such vehicle, ship or aircraft may be operated;
(d) employment income or a fee for the provision of services-
(i) derived from employment or services exercised or rendered in Uganda;
(ii) paid by a resident person, other than as an expenditure of a business carried on by a person
outside Uganda through a branch; or
(iii) paid by non-resident person as an expenditure of a business carried on by a person through a
branch in Uganda;
(e) derived by a resident individual from any employment exercised or services rendered as a driver of a
vehicle, or an officer or member of a crew of any vehicle, ship or aircraft, wherever the vehicle, ship or aircraft may be operated;
(f) derived from the rental of immovable property located in Uganda;
(g) derived from the disposal of an interest in immovable property located in Uganda or from the disposal of a share in a company the property of which consists directly or indirectly principally of an interest or interests in such immovable property, where the interest or share is a business asset;
(h) derived from the direct or indirect change of ownership by fifty percent or more, of a person other than an individual, a local government, a political subdivision of a local government and a listed institution located in Uganda;
(i) derived from the disposal of movable property, other than goods, under an agreement made in
Uganda for the sale of the property, wherever the property is to be delivered;
(j) an amount-
(i) included in the business income of a taxpayer under section 27(5) in respect of the disposal
of a depreciable asset used in Uganda; or
(ii) treated as income under section 61, where the deduction was allowed for an expenditure,
loss or bad debt incurred in the production of income sourced in Uganda;
(k) a royalty-
(i) paid by a resident person, other than as an expenditure of a business carried on by the person
outside Uganda through a branch;
(ii) paid by non-resident person as an expenditure of a business carried on by the person
through a branch in Uganda; or
(iii) arising from the disposal of industrial or intellectual property used in Uganda;
(l) interest where-
(i) the debt obligation giving rise to the interest is secured by immovable property located, or
movable property used, in Uganda;
(ii) the payer is a resident person; or
(iii) the borrowing relates to a business carried on in Uganda;
(m) a dividend or director's fee paid by a resident company;
(n) a pension or annuity where-
(i) the pension or annuity is paid by the Government of Uganda or by a resident person; or
(ii) the pension or annuity is paid in respect of an employment exercised or services rendered in
Uganda;
(o) a natural resource payment in respect of a natural resource taken from Uganda;
(p) a foreign currency debt gain derived in relation to a business debt which has arisen in the course of
carrying on a business in Uganda;
(q) a contribution to a retirement fund made by a tax-exempt employer in respect of an employee whose employment is exercised in Uganda;
(r) a management charge paid by a resident person; or
(s) taxable in Uganda under an international agreement; or
(t) attributable to any other activity which occurs in Uganda, including an activity conducted through a branch in Uganda.
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