Joshua Kato, A Chartered Tax advisor & Accountant

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 …

In the modern business world, profits are no longer confined to national borders; they travel as freely as ideas. Multinational corporations (MNCs) move goods, services, and intellectual property across countries, …

A case of JK Country Homes Limited v URA. Across the globe, shareholder loans have long been a convenient way for investors to support their companies. In their simplest form, …