Tax Appeals Tribunal

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)…

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….

Top 10 tax highlights of 2021, that according to tax guru, Birungyi Cephas Kagyenda of Birungyi, Barata & Associates will shape 2022 and beyond

Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryJanuary 3, 2022January 3, 2022

Birungyi Cephas Kagyenda of Birungyi, Barata & Associates (BBA) is probably Uganda’s foremost tax professional with rich legal knowledge spanning 36 years in Taxation, Commercial and Corporate Law, Energy and…

Tax informer wins against URA as Tax Appeals Tribunal Affirms Right to reward starts when tax Liability information is provided

Ephraim KasoziLegal & JusticeNews & AnalysisMay 19, 2021

A tax informer’s right to claim for a reward accrues at the time the information is provided but not at the time of the recovery of tax, Tax Appeals Tribunal…

NSSF wins UGX43 billion tax case against Uganda Revenue Authority

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryNovember 3, 2020November 3, 2020

Commercial Court Judge, Justice Boniface Wamala has dismissed a UGX42.7 billion tax case against the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). This followed NSSF’s appeal of a 27th March 2020 ruling…

Umeme Limited wins landmark case in the Tax Appeals tribunal

CEO ReporterCompany NewsSeptember 17, 2020September 17, 2020

Uganda’s main electricity distribution company Umeme Limited has won a landmark case in the Tax Appeals Tribunal, which ruled that Umeme was entitled to claim depreciation allowance in respect of…

How friends, Birungyi Cephas Kagyenda and Enoch Barata, built Uganda’s most influential tax law firm

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryJuly 25, 2020July 13, 2023

You have often heard, and it is true, that only two things in life are certain- death and taxes. While it is obvious that government is a silent shareholder in…

TAT RULING: URA Commissioner General’s powers are not absolute and must be exercised reasonably

theceomaThought LeadershipJuly 16, 2020July 16, 2020

By Celia Becker and Phillip Karugaba The recent ruling of the Tax Appeals Tribunal (“TAT”) in the case of Century Bottling Company v Uganda Revenue Authority (“URA”), has brought the discretion of…