Joshua Kato, A Chartered Tax advisor & Accountant

As December draws to a close, many Ugandans are shifting attention to Christmas plans, travel, and a fresh start to the new year. Businesses are slowing down, offices are closing …

Cybersecurity Is the New URA Compliance, And It’s No Longer IT’s Job. The email arrived at the worst possible moment, month-end, when pressure in the finance office is thick enough …

Ugandan importers have every reason to celebrate this November. The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), in collaboration with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), has announced a …

The announcement was simple yet seismic: the familiar Tax Identification Number, known to most as the TIN, is being retired, and in its place rises a new national symbol of …

The Mubiru family is one of those classic Ugandan entrepreneurial households, united, visionary, and deeply connected by business. Hope, the eldest, runs Hope’s Harvests, a fruit-processing company in Kiruhura. Her …

There was a time when Africa’s voice in global tax debates felt like an echo in a distant room, scattered, unheard, and often shaped by those who didn’t live our …

The email from the Uganda Revenue Authority landed like a thunderclap: “Notice of assessment forundeclared rental income.” For the management of Lake Victoria Hotel Limited, those words carried aweight no …

At dawn, when Kampala is still yawning and the sun barely peeks over Kololo Hill, Nansamba is already arranging her matoke by the roadside. She doesn’t wear a suit or …

It is the final week of September, and in many offices across Kampala, the atmosphere feels heavier than usual. Business owners flip through ledgers, accountants type furiously on laptops, and …