Damalie Tibugwisa Archives – CEO East Africa

Uganda’s top legal, financial, and business succession experts—joined by billionaire industrialist Deo Kayemba—will headline the TARA Estate Planning Symposium 2025. This powerhouse lineup brings real-world experience in building, preserving, and transitioning family and business wealth across generations.

TARA Advocates to Host Estate Planning Summit on Securing Generational Wealth

In a timely and strategic move to deepen conversations around wealth preservation and succession planning in Uganda, TARA Advocates—a leading women-led commercial law firm—will host the TARA Estate Planning Symposium 2025on Thursday,

May 14, 2025

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Hon. Justice Stephen Mubiru of the High Court set aside the arbitral award to ATC saying that, the award had been delivered out of time and that the arbitrator had exhibited partiality in the process.

High Court dismisses UGX5.6 billion arbitration award to ATC Uganda against Smile Communications

The High Court (Commercial Division) Judge, Hon Justice Stephen Mubiru has set aside an arbitral award of USD1,251,916.08 (UGX5,623,025,394.8) and UGX954,372,437.77) awarded to tower companies ATC Uganda Limited and Eaton Towers Uganda

June 27, 2023

Business & Markets·Legal & Justice·The Big Story

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN TAX DISPUTES IN UGANDA: The great, the good, and what needs to be fixed to create a win-win for both the taxpayer and tax authority

By Damalie Tibugwisa In the recent years, there has been a surge in the number of tax disputes in Uganda. This is attributable to several factors including URA’s aggressive tax assessments, a

July 6, 2021

The Big Story·Thought Leadership

Mobile Money Regulation in Uganda, At Last

By Damalie Tibugwisa There is no doubt that mobile money services have transformed and revolutionalised the financial sector in Uganda. Mobile money has created new opportunities especially for SMEs, supported the much

June 24, 2021

Thought Leadership

Damalie Tibugwisa is a commercial law practitioner and is the founder and managing partner of M/s Tibugwisa and Co. Advocates.

How to Compute Rental Tax

By Damalie Tibugwisa In the recent period, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has been aggressive in trying to recover taxes on rental income. Several landlords and landladies have received unwanted calls from URA

December 14, 2020

Thought Leadership

LEGAL REVIEW: Revenue Authority Must Prove Fraud in Invoice Trading Cases: Kenya Tax Appeals Tribunal

By Damalie Tibugwisa Recently, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) rolled out the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS) partly as a response to the invoice trading scheme which in the past gave

September 8, 2020

Thought Leadership

LEGAL REVIEW: Vivo Energy wins case against URA as court confirms rent paid in respect of leases as an allowable deduction

For any business, the Income Tax Act [“ITA”] allows the deduction of certain expenses before charging tax. To qualify, these expenses must be of a revenue and not of a capital nature;

March 28, 2020

Thought Leadership

PROFESSIONAL OPINION: 7 Reasons to Settle Your Case at Mediation

Usually, by the time one files a suit against the other, they are really out to prove a point. They are emotionally charged and therefore have very exaggerated and heightened expectations from

March 3, 2020

Thought Leadership

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