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Tax Tribunal Orders URA to Refund UGX 9.1 billion to East Africa Marine Transport Company Limited 

The Grant Thornton Tax Disputes Resolution Team that represented the East Africa Marine Company Limited: From left to right: Bruno Kalibbala, Bruno Amanya, Anil Patel, Jasmine Shah and Ankit Jangla.

The Tax Appeals Tribunal has ordered the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to refund over USD 2.5 million (UGX 9.1 billion) to East Africa Marine Transport Company Limited (EAMT).  The ruling, delivered on April 30, 2025, centered on a disputed Value Added Tax (VAT) charged on the purchase of M.V. Mpungu, the first scheduled roll-on/roll-off freight vessel operating on Lake Victoria. The tribunal found that URA had wrongly levied VAT on the vessel, despite EAMT’s investment being eligible for VAT exemption under Uganda’s laws encouraging strategic sector development. EAMT, a logistics and marine transport company, had committed to invest at least…

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Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with extensive financial journalism training from institutions in South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage focuses on groundbreaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the General Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards for his articles on business and technology at the ACME Awards.

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