In person application

1. On payment of the stamp duty fee at any designated bank of your choices, visit the Uganda Revenue Authority branch office (URA) near you with the acknowledgment payment receipt (bank slip)
2. Approach the service desk ,the attending officer will then Type in the Acknowledgement number and enter your issued barcode number onto the URA computer system and then print out the certificate and issue it to you immediately
   

Online application

1. Applicant should start by visiting the Uganda Revenue Authority branch office (URA) near you, approach the services desk and request for a barcode for the instrument on payment of the stamp duty fee at any designated bank of their choice.
2. Then Visit the URA web portal URA and on the home page click on e-services, stamp duty then select Stamp Certificate issuance.
3. Type in the Acknowledgement number and the barcode number obtained from URA office.
4. Click on show details, the system will display the certificate for you to print.
   
   

Note:

• The certificate is only printed once, if by any reason you close without printing you will need to apply for Duplicate at a cost.

1. Bank slip (prove of payment)

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: Link

• All person who had apply for a stamp Duty Instrument from the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)

• Free of charge

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• Immediately

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites. 	
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Note

• The certificate is only printed once, if by any reason you close without printing you will need to apply for Duplicate at a cost.

1. The Acknowledgement number
2. The barcode number

Stamp duty is a tax that is levied on documents such as cheques, receipts, supplies to government, marriage licenses, and land and property transactions.

Why do you need to legalize your documents?

1. It makes the document admissible as evidence in the courts of law hence legal and binding.
2. The stamp duty service provides security of any property document presented since your interests are protected under the stamp duty law.
3. It makes some documents honorable whenever they are presented to the public and private.
4. Stamp duty services enhance your decision making process for any transaction since declarations are processed faster.

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

• (URA)

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