As a tax expert with Libra Advocates and Consultants and trading mainly in Second Opinions (aka my #AlternativeFacts), tax planning under the current system of international taxation is a common area that many foreign investors and their resident agents seek guidance on. It is also an area that Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), in line with

A colleague who left the employment of URA recently called on me to discuss and understand the tax consultancy landscape and how I have managed to stay afloat despite the competition from the numerous audit firms (especially the Big four, BDO and Grant Thornton), the big law firms and the many tax professionals of varying

An NGO expatriate employee is required to have a work permit (Class G1 Entry Permit), before commencing work or employment in Uganda. In order to obtain this Work Permit, a recommendation letter is required from the NGO BUREAU. However, for the NGO Bureau to issue a Recommendation Letter, the following documents must be attached to

The Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) compliance system is Government’s response towards combating money laundering and terrorism funding activities among legal entities. In its effort to establish a proper system for financial intelligence gathering, Government set up the FIA, an authority which is bestowed with powers to investigate suspicious financial transactions and to stop any terrorism

This is one judgement devoid of any legalistic shenanigans. Clear and concise. I have no #AlternativeFacts! I am just baffled that misreading the law can be stretched by a taxpayer (and their advisors) to the level of absurdity! Well done TAT. THE CASE: URA assessed MTN shs.24.3 billion as Excise Duty calculated on the basis

Now that Government has contracted an American company to provide a system that will integrate data from various Ministries, Departments and Agencies to enable proper identification of individuals and companies that own and transact in property, many individuals and companies will soon be receiving notifications from #URA inviting them to declare and account for capital

The reality in Uganda today is that private educational institutions are thriving, while the hitherto prosperous public educational institutions are becoming shadows of themselves. It is also true that  private educational institutions charge significantly higher fees relative to the public educational institutions. The incidence of high tuition and other related fees has aroused the taxman’s

BRIEF FACTS: The Applicant taxpayer, a subsidiary of a company registered in Mauritius, provides maintenance services to foreign operated aircrafts under a Services Level Management Agreement with its parent company, IOAFC which owns the aircrafts. The aircrafts are flown into Uganda strictly for service and maintenance. The taxpayer had been treating these maintenance services as