Showy city socialite, Sulaiman Kabangala (SK) Mbuga, went on rampage last week, venting out his anger at the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), claiming the tax body refused to clear his car despite paying all his dues.
Mbuga claimed to have paid URA Shs163million in taxes for clearing his Ferrari but according to URA, the flamboyant socialite had intended to fraudulently bring in the car.
According to URA, Mbuga was importing a junk car and paid less tax for it.
“Mr. Mbuga Sulaiman imported a Ferrari car model 2011 and declared it as a 2012 model to avoid paying 35% environmental levy. The declaration of the Ferrari car white, in color, was made on the basis of a 2012 model quoting a lower value of a UK made vehicle yet it is an Italian made vehicle,” URA writes in a statement about the incident.
“This would lead to under collection of government revenue. His declaration was rightfully highlighted by our teams at the National Targeting Center (NTC) and the client was tasked to explain the inconsistencies and to also avail the documentation to support his declaration.”
However, he instead SK Mbuga went ranting on Facebook: “without regard to following the appeals procedure.”
He later reportedly apologised to URA in secret but since he had already damaged its reputation, the URA has come out and shamed him as one of the biggest tax defaulters in the country.
“It should also be noted that Mr. Mbuga has another outstanding of Shs118, 428,061 from a past fraudulently cleared vehicle vide entry no. C3381. He is yet to settle the taxes and offences related to the case. URA’s top commitment is to make sure everyone pays their equal share. We are dealing with Mr. Mbuga Sulaiman to make sure he pays the rightful tax and he has been asked to report on Monday and cooperate with investigations into these cases to bring them to conclusion.”
