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==Procedure==
====In Person====
*Reserve your business Name at the Registrar's office
*Pay registration fees at the bank
*Obtain the necessary incorporation and Tax registration forms from the Uganda Bookshop.
*Sign the declaration of compliance before the commissioner of oaths.
*Obtain requisition for bank pay-in slip and Bank payment Advice forms from the Uganda Registration Services Bureau.
*Pay registration fees at a given bank.
*File for registration with the registrar general.
*File with the local office of the Uganda Revenue Authority , a personal inquiry form for each director and a coporate preliminary inquiry form, Receive a tax Identification Number (TIN).
*An inspector from Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) comes to inspect your business premises.
*Apply for Pay As You Earn (PAYE).
*Obtain application forms for a Trading License.
*Licensing officer arranges to inspect your company premises and fills out an assessment form.
*Pay license fee at the bank.
*Obtain the trading license
*File a form with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF)
*Make a company seal

==Required Documents==
Your identity document like driver's license, passport, etc
*Proof of physical address and postal address, with contact numbers.
*Proof of employment

==Office Locations & Contacts==
'''Uganda Revenue Authority - Head Office''', 
Physical address: Plot M193/M194, 
Nakawa Industrial Area 
Kampala, Uganda 
P.O. Box 7279, 
Kampala, Uganda 
Toll Free Number: (256) 800117000 
Email:info@ura.go.ug 
Website: [https://www.ura.go.ug/officeLocationController/showContactUs Link] 
 
'''Uganda Registration Services Bureau - Head Office''', 
Uganda Business Facilitation Centre 
Plot 1 Baskerville Avenue, 
Kololo, 
Kampala 
Toll Free: 0800 100 006 
Call Center: +256 417 338 100 
Phone: +256 414 233 219 / 0417338000 
Fax: +256 414 250 712 
Email: ursb@ursb.go.ug (General Correspondences) 
Email: helpdesk@ursb.go.ug (For Enquiries) 
Website:[https://ursb.go.ug/locations Link]
 
==Eligibility==
For a business to be eligible for a business certificate it should either be medium or large scale employing not less than 20 people.

==Fees==
Registration fees: UGX 50,000 
Filing Fees: UGX 25,000 
Filing Form A3: UGX 20,000 
Filing Form 7: UGX 20,000 
Filing Form 8: UGX 20,000 
Filing Form A9: UGX 20,000 
Opening office: UGX 156,500 
Carrying out retail business: UGX 206,500 
Carrying out wholesale business: UGX 366,500 
Obtaining trading license: UGX 400,000 
Register with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF)-free of charge. 
Obtain a TIN and Register for taxes at the Uganda Revenue Authority: free of charge

==Validity==
The certificate is valid until such a time when the company is dissolved.

==Documents to Use==
#A completed application Form.
#Form A1: Statement of Nominal Capital.
#Form A2: Declaration of Compliance with the Requirements of the Companies Act on Application for Registration of a Company.
#Form A3: Before incorporation, shares are not yet paid for and thus not allotted. After incorporation, as soon as a company allots its shares, the returns should be registered within 60 days.
#Form 7: Particulars of the directors and secretary of the company is required to be filed within 14 days of company registration.
#Form 8: Any change in directorship and secretary of the company should be filed with the registrar of companies using a resolution and Form 8.
#Form 9A: Notice of the situation of the Registered Address of the company. This form must be filed with the Registrar of Companies within fourteen days of incorporation.
#Application forms for the trading license.

==Sample Documents==
Please attach sample completed documents which would help other people who would like to follow this procedure.

==Processing Time==
It take a week to process your documents

==Related Videos==
Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
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==Instructions==
Please provide instructions on obtaining the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

==Required Information==
*Full name
*Date of birth
*Valid identity proof
*Citizenship
*Address
*Bank information
*Financial statement
*Balance sheet

==Need for the Document==
Once your business clientele begins to expand, it will become difficult for you to clinch those big deals without a fully registered business. Thus you need to acquire a Business certificate to make the business formal and legal by law.

==Information which might help==
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==Other uses of the Document/Certificate==
Accessing credit from a financial Institution
*acquiring raw materials from a serious supplier,
*doing business with the Government of Uganda.

==External Links==
Website: http://www.ursb.go.ug 

U.K 
http://www.ugandanconventionuk.org/about-uganda/investment-information/business-registrationlicenses-procedures/

==Others==
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