Parliament has declared the income Tax Amendment bill 2016 a law after
the president rejecting this bill to parliament twice.
According to Rule 132 (9) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, if the
President returns the bill twice, Parliament can pass it into law automatically
which has been done today.
This was announced by the speaker of parliament Rebecca kadaga in
today’s parliament proceedings.
The controversy of this bill between the president and parliament stretches from the decision by the members of parliament to amend clause 21 of the Income Tax law to exempt themselves from paying taxes which the president said that does not promote good practice.
The president while returning this bill to parliament for the second time urged that the move to exempt Mps them-selves from paying income taxes on their allowances isn’t only injurious to revenue efforts, but not politically and morally correct.