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    Birungyi Barata & Associates

    PROFILE: Birungyi Cephas Kagyenda — The Making of One of Uganda’s Leading Tax Lawyers

    Dennis AsiimweExecutive ProfilesLegal & JusticeRegulation & ComplianceThe Big StoryThought LeadershipTop Law FirmsMarch 4, 2026March 4, 2026

    Tell us a bit about the firm, Birungyi, Barata & Advocates. To the lay person, it is a prominent tax law firm… Well, we are a law firm, but we…

    OPINION: There is an urgent need for a review of interest provisions in the Ugandan tax laws.

    Birungyi Cephas KagyendaThe Big StoryJanuary 21, 2024January 21, 2024

    Interest is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as money paid regularly at a particular rate for the use of money lent or for delaying the repayment of a debt. Interest…

    Birungyi, Barata & Associates At 20 Years: A Q&A with Cephas Birungyi and Enoch Barata on how they built Uganda’s leading tax law firm from scratch

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsCEO PerspectivesLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryNovember 18, 2023November 18, 2023

    20 years later, the firm has blossomed into one of Uganda’s most respected tax law firms, commanding more than 50% of all tax litigation in the country. The firm has…

    ITR World Tax 2024: Birungyi, Barata and Associates, ranked  Uganda’s leading law firm on tax and transfer pricing

    The CEO Magazine TeamCompany NewsLegal & JusticeSeptember 1, 2023September 1, 2023

    Birungyi, Barata and Associates (BBA), a Ugandan tax advisory and tax law firm has been named among Uganda’s top 12 tax law firms and consultancies in the 2024 edition of…

    The Stamp Duty Act: The Red Flags To Watch Out For

    Birungyi Cephas KagyendaBusiness & MarketsThought LeadershipAugust 22, 2023August 22, 2023

    On 15th June 2023, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) issued a public notice, serving as a reminder to the public “to pay stamp duty on all Agreements or Memorandum of…

    UGANDA’S TOP TAX LAWYERS:  Birungyi Cephas Kagyenda 

    The CEO Magazine TeamExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryJuly 13, 2023July 13, 2023

    Cephas is a founder and the Managing Partner of Birungyi, Barata & Associates. He is an Advocate of the High Court, a commissioner for Oaths, a Notary Public and a…

    Tax Appeals Tribunal sets aside UGX4.6 bn tax bill against Kansai Plascon 

    Jeff WintersLegal & JusticeNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryApril 14, 2023April 14, 2023

    The Tax Appeals Tribunal, sitting in Kampala has set aside a UGX4.6 billion import duty assessment against paint makers, Kansai Plascon Uganda. The company dragged the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)…

    The Tax Procedures Code (Amendment) Bill 2023⏤ Parliament should decisively fix persistent penalties and interest waiver complications and injustices  

    Jaquiline AturindaThe Big StoryThought LeadershipApril 11, 2023April 11, 2023

    The Tax Procedures Code (Amendment) Bill 2023 has a number of provisions that attempt to correct the complications and injustices related to the waiver of penalties and interest that has…

    TAX OPINION: The proposed tax on the sale of property in The Income Tax Bill 2023 is too extreme 

    Birungyi Cephas KagyendaBusiness & MarketsThe Big StoryThought LeadershipApril 3, 2023April 3, 2023

    The Income Tax Bill published on 30th March 2023 is spectacular in that it attempts to make dramatic reforms in tax. Apart from doing away with the incentive for investors…

    Tugende wins UGX504 million tax appeal against URA

    CEO ReporterCompany NewsLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryFebruary 3, 2023February 3, 2023

    The Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) has disallowed a UGX 504,098,312 tax bill by Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) on asset-financing firm Tugende Limited, saying the tax authority wrongly assessed the tax….

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