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Top Tax Lawyers in Uganda

Birungyi Cephas Kagyenda, Managing Partner of Birungyi Barata & Advocates and one of Uganda’s foremost tax lawyers, speaks at a recent Transfer Pricing Roundtable organised by the firm. In this interview with CEO East Africa Magazine, he reflects on a career that has helped shape Uganda’s modern tax jurisprudence while building one of the country’s leading tax law firms.

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

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 are also
March 4, 2026
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Cephas Birungyi, Founding Managing Partner of Birungyi, Barata & Associates, describes the current Tax Appeals Tribunal as 'a real breath of fresh air,' commending its ability to handle about 60 matters a week—up from just a quarter of that previously. He also praises the Tribunal’s exemplary timekeeping, stating, 'No government entity, apart from the Driving Permit Office, beats them in timekeeping."

UGANDA’S TOP TAX LAWYERS:  Birungyi Cephas Kagyenda 

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 registered Tax
July 13, 2023
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Cephas Birungyi, Founding Managing Partner of Birungyi, Barata & Associates, describes the current Tax Appeals Tribunal as 'a real breath of fresh air,' commending its ability to handle about 60 matters a week—up from just a quarter of that previously. He also praises the Tribunal’s exemplary timekeeping, stating, 'No government entity, apart from the Driving Permit Office, beats them in timekeeping."

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

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 Construction; Dispute
January 3, 2022
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LEFT-RIGHT: Justices Kenneth Kakuru, Egonda-Ntende and Ezekiel Muhanguzi said the TAT Act requirement to pay 30% of a tax under objection before getting access to justice was inconsistent with Section 44 of the Constitution that guarantees access to justice as a non-derogable right.

Big win for taxpayers as Constitutional Court restricts requirement to pay 30% of tax under dispute before challenging URA in court

The Constitutional Court has restricted the application of Section 15 of the Tax Appeals Tribunal Act, limiting its application to only cases where the tax dispute is about the amount of tax
July 25, 2020
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Doris Akol (centre) surrounded by Dentons Uganda Chairman, David Mpanga (left) and Dennis Otatiina the Managing Partner (right). In Uganda, Dentons is registered as Kyagaba & Otatiina Advocates.

International law firm, Dentons confirms Doris Akol is to head its tax practice in Uganda

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, has confirmed a story we broke yesterday that Doris Akol, the former Uganda Revenue Tax Authority Commissioner General has joined its Uganda office as a Tax
July 11, 2020
Doris Akol, brings to Dentons, over 25 years of tax law expertise, most, if not all of it gained from Uganda Revenue Authority where she has worked for over two decades.

Former URA Commissioner-General, Doris Akol joins international law firm, Dentons office in Uganda

Doris Akol, the former Uganda Revenue Authority Commissioner-General has joined international law firm, Dentons Uganda office as a Partner, CEO East Africa can exclusively reveal. A source has confirmed to CEO East
July 10, 2020

 

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