Domestic & international taxation
Advice on both sides of the border, for entities whose money, staff or suppliers do not stay inside one.
The service
For corporate entities, NGOs, non-profits, philanthropies and individuals.
We routinely advise major local and international entities, charities and NGOs on a wide range of tax, accounting and finance related matters.
What the advice covers
Eight areas, one position.
A tax position is not a set of separate answers. The areas below are advised together, because a decision taken in one of them almost always shows up in another.
Tax planning
Structuring the position before the year closes rather than explaining it afterwards.
Tax health checks
A review of where the entity actually stands against its obligations — registrations, filings, exposures.
Corporate structuring & re-organisations
The tax consequences of changing the shape of a business, priced into the decision rather than discovered after it.
Tax exemptions for NGOs
The exemption regimes open to non-profits and philanthropies, and the compliance those regimes carry.
Tax-related due diligence
What a counterparty’s tax position really is, established before a transaction rather than inherited with it.
Transfer pricing
Pricing between related entities, documented to the standard a revenue authority will ask for.
Employee taxes
PAYE, NSSF and the employment-tax consequences of how people are engaged, paid and reimbursed.
These further include
11 items
What we actually do, month to month.
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01
Assess the registration
The client’s tax registration with the Uganda Revenue Authority reviewed and assessed against what the entity actually does.
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02
Advise on the obligations
What the company owes under tax law by way of registrations, returns and payments — stated plainly, before a deadline turns it into a penalty.
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03
Manage audits and objections
Assistance through URA audits and reviews, and objection management where an assessment needs to be contested.
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04
Register and deregister
Tax registration and deregistration handled as the entity’s circumstances require.
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Prepare the income tax returns
Guidance on and preparation of Provisional Tax Return forms (DT-2004) and Final Income Tax Return forms (DT-2002); our responsibility is limited to the completeness of the forms.
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File online as Tax Agent
Subject to appointment as Tax Agent, online income tax returns filed from receipt of the company’s information.
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07
Run the monthly compliance returns
Monthly compliance returns prepared and reviewed for VAT, PAYE, NSSF and Withholding Tax where applicable.
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Answer the specific questions
General and specific guidance on VAT, individual and corporate income tax, PAYE, withholding taxes, customs duties and excise levies, on a need-to-know basis.
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09
Liaise with URA
Correspondence and clarification with the revenue authority on the client’s behalf — with the client’s approval before anything goes out.
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Flag what is changing
The client updated on upcoming tax-law changes that may affect monthly compliance, ahead of the month they land in.
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Coordinate the other parties
Revenue authorities, statutory auditors and other tax consultants coordinated with as the engagement requires.
Start here
Where does the entity stand today?
A tax health check is the usual opening move: what is registered, what is filed, what is outstanding, and what it will cost to close.