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Posts on services from the Kit team. Pick another topic below or go back to all posts.
Withholding tax at 6%: what agents and suppliers must do
When a designated agent deducts 6% from your invoice: where the money goes, how to claim it back, and the 2026 EFRIS link to VAT withholding.
Repair shop job cards: what to record before you open a phone
A job card protects the repairer as much as the customer. What to record at intake, how to treat a suspect device, and how to keep customers informed.
Renewing a Kampala trading licence for a service business
KCCA trading licences run on the calendar year and expire on 31 December. What a gym, salon, laundry or car wash needs to renew, and what changed in 2026.
Presumptive tax for salons and barbershops in Uganda
How URA's small business tax works for a salon: the UGX 10 million to 150 million bands, why keeping records lowers the bill, and when VAT starts.
NSSF rules every gym, salon and laundry employer must follow
NSSF covers every employer in Uganda regardless of staff numbers. The 15% contribution, the 15th-of-the-month deadline and what the 2026 amnesty changed.
Monthly compliance calendar for Ugandan service businesses
The recurring dates a gym, salon, laundry or repair shop in Uganda must hit: URA and NSSF on the 15th, the annual return and the January licence.
Laundry pickup texts: the SMS rules Ugandan shops must follow
A 'your order is ready' text is the best tool a laundry has. Uganda's 2019 SMS regulations set rules on consent, sender identity and opt-out for it.
Gym member data: what Ugandan gyms must protect by law
Sign-up forms, phone numbers, health notes and check-in records are personal data under Uganda's Data Protection and Privacy Act. What a gym owner must do.
eTIMS for Kenyan salons, gyms and repair shops
KRA requires every business in Kenya, VAT-registered or not, to invoice through eTIMS. What a small service business must do and the simplified options.
Cutting clinic waiting times: queue and appointment basics
Long waits lower patient satisfaction, as Ugandan research shows. Practical queue, triage and appointment methods a small clinic can run from reception.
Collecting monthly membership fees by mobile money in Uganda
Bank of Uganda data puts person-to-business mobile payments at 59.2 trillion shillings a year. How gyms, car washes and clubs run recurring fees on MoMo.
Car wash cash control: from the first car to the last shilling
Car washes take hundreds of small payments a day in cash and mobile money. A daily routine for counting, matching and spotting leakage, with the numbers.
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