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Facebook and WhatsApp Now Taxed in Uganda
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Facebook and WhatsApp Now Taxed in Uganda

Facebook and WhatsApp Now Taxed in Uganda. The Ugandan parliament has approved a new tax on the use of social media. Officially to feed the budget, but according to the opposition, the tax must be particularly critical of the country's president, reports 99 News.   Those who want to use Facebook, Twitter or WhatsApp in Uganda will now have to pay 200 Ugandan shillings. That amounts to about 16 euros a year, quite a lot for a country with a GDP of 525 euros per inhabitant. By way of comparison: in Belgium, GDP per inhabitant is 35,086 euros. The new tax was approved on Wednesday, says parliament spokesman Chris Obore, and is part of a reform of the Ugandan excise law, which will enter into force at the beginning of July. GSM operators are obliged to levy the tax via every SIM card t...