Tax Law
Starting From UGX0
TAX LAW
The efficiency of tax laws and fiscal policy play an important role in achieving economic growth and fiscal consolidation in Uganda.We bring decades of tax law experience and provide advisory, consulting and litigation services to individuals and corporations, as well as effectively handling tax controversies and disputes against the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) on behalf of clients. With confidence and success, our team handles objection proceedings before the URA as well as tax appeal cases before the Tax Appeals Tribunal and appellate courts.
We draw on our teams’ knowledge and understanding of Ugandan and international criminal law and administrative law to advise clients on criminal tax cases and white-collar defense. Furthermore, we draw on our transactional expertise to provide integrated tax advice required for successful business or investment transactions. Our tax services and capabilities are as follows:
- Mergers and acquisitions tax
- Taxation of corporate restructuring and reorganizations
- Taxation of investment collective schemes
- Tax treatment of debt and equity
- Business entity tax structuring and the taxation of business combinations, including liquidations, bankruptcies, and insolvencies
- Taxation of employee compensation
- Resolution of tax controversies and disputes, as well as tax debt negotiations with the URA
- Estate planning and the administration of estates and trusts
- Transfer Pricing and documentation
- Tax exemptions, credits and incentives
Frequently Asked Questions
We follow the Advocates (Remuneration and taxation of costs) rules to determine how much to charge for each instruction we receive. Please note that the billing is informed by the Value of the Subject matter.
Yes. The firm has a team comprised of over 10 Attorneys and other support staff and the our values encourage us to work together on all matters the firm is handling. The magnitude of your matter will determine how many attorneys we shall assign to do your work to completion.
On your first visit, be braced with all the relevant facts and documents to enable our team to critically analyze and understand the nature of your claim or transaction.
If your matter involves the Court, the Advocate responsible for your matter will duly inform you of the Court hearing dates and whether or not your presence will be necessary for any such Court proceeding.
To ascertain the subject matter of your claim, the firm carries out the valuation of properties to ascertain their value.