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REDMOND TAX
We offer a dedicated, high-level service focused on transforming tax complexity into clear strategic advantage.
About Us
Your Strategic Partner in Tax Management and Tax Dispute Resolution
At Redmond Tax we understand that Tax is a critical intersection of law, accounting, and financial reporting. Understanding this complexity is why we created Redmond Tax.
We offer a dedicated, high-level service focused on transforming tax complexity into clear strategic advantage. Our Uganda tax practice is spearheaded by Alfred Habaasa, FCCA, a principal possessing the rare and crucial dual qualification of a Lawyer and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Uganda. This expertise of our tax head allows us to provide clients with seamless solutions that cover everything from rigorous tax compliance and transparent financial reporting to sophisticated tax advisory and legal defence.
The result? We develop fully defensible Ugandan tax positions from the start. In the event of a Uganda Revenue Authority challenge, the same experts who built your position swiftly defend it, eliminating the costly delays and learning curve associated with introducing a new, external legal team.
We serve as an extension of your finance team, turning the inherent complexity of Ugandan tax regulations into opportunities for efficiency, competitive advantage, and risk mitigation.
At Redmond Tax we are founded on the principle that effective tax management in Uganda is the core of sustainable business growth, not merely a year-end obligation. Redmond Tax offers a more proactive, strategic, and technically rigorous approach to tax services in Uganda than the traditional model seen in Uganda tax practice.
Our goal is to demolish siloed expertism in Uganda Tax and reduce your Uganda tax consultancy bill.
The traditional approach in Uganda Tax Practice is reactive and siloed: accountants handle tax compliance, and lawyers are brought in only when a dispute arises. At Redmond Tax, we are flipping that model.
Our competitive edge is a proactive, integrated Uganda tax planning and defence strategy. Our core compliance and advisory teams seamlessly blend Ugandan tax lawyers, Ugandan Certified Public Accountants (CPAs), and Ugandan financial reporting specialists. This structure ensures that legal interpretation is embedded into every compliance step and advisory opinion.
“A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.”
Colin Powell
Our Core Services:
We provide a comprehensive Ugandan tax service model covering every critical aspect of your Uganda tax lifecycle:
1. Strategic Uganda Tax Advisory (Planning for the Future)
We don’t just file your taxes; we help you plan your business operations around them. This includes high-level structuring for SMEs and start ups, local, regional and international mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring, developing defensible transfer pricing policies, optimizing transactions for tax and maximizing tax incentives.
Rigorous Tax Compliance (Managing the Present)
We ensure absolute accuracy and timeliness for all required filings—from Uganda corporate income tax returns and Uganda indirect tax (VAT) filings to payroll obligations. Our robust process is designed to stand up to the highest scrutiny.
Financial Tax Reporting
We specialize in the complex accounting for your Uganda income taxes, including preparing and reviewing the tax provision (IAS 12), managing deferred tax assets and liabilities, and meticulously documenting uncertain tax positions. We help SMEs who need financial reports strictly for tax purposes. We prepare your books merging sound accounting principles to satisfy your tax filing needs of audited financial reports.
As Uganda’s leading tax law practice, we offer a comprehensive range of Ugandan tax advisory services for all types of clients, from multinational public corporations operating in Uganda, to regional entrepreneurial enterprises in an innovative manner. Several of our tax lawyers are also Chartered Accountants and Certified Public Accountants in Uganda, many have worked in government tax departments and tax departments of international accounting firms and are active in professional bodies.
We help clients plan and implement Uganda tax strategies and structures to meet their objectives. Our advice is timely, creative, reliable and practical taking in consideration all Uganda Tax Laws.
We service all sectors of the Ugandan economy including telecommunications, mining, oil and gas, real estate development and manufacturing through a diversified and highly experienced team of dedicated Ugandan tax advisors.
We provide sophisticated yet practical tax solutions to the unique challenges faced by business entities and their respective owners in Uganda. Our Uganda corporate tax advisory services encompass all aspects of Ugandan tax-related business planning, including corporate reorganizations and consolidations, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, structured finance and tax-driven transactions.
We provide a fully integrated approach to Uganda corporate taxation planning, whether transactional, operational or structural.
As leading-edge Ugandan tax lawyers and Ugandan tax accountants we have extensive experience and our advice extends beyond Ugandan tax as part of our broad cross-border and international tax planning practice. We routinely assist clients located in various and varied foreign jurisdictions outside the Uganda tax system who are investing or otherwise carrying on business in Africa, as well as East African-based businesses with operations abroad. We possess both the knowledge and experience to address all aspects of Ugandan tax, regional and continental tax planning for business enterprises and individuals.
At Redmond Tax, we manage your Ugandan tax obligations to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and financial integrity. We cover the entire scope of your Ugandan tax requirements, from submitting essential Uganda tax filings with Uganda Revenue Authority to reporting complex (Ugandan) tax positions on your financial statements.
We ensure your business adheres to all relevant Ugandan tax statutes across mitigating the risk of penalties and audit exposure.
Our Compliance with Ugandan Tax Offerings Include:
Corporate & Business Income Tax Filings with the Uganda Revenue Authority: i.e. Preparation and timely submission of all tax returns.
Indirect Tax Management: Handling compliance for transactional taxes such as Ugandan Value Added Tax (VAT) and Excise Duty Management.
Information Reporting: Preparing and filing all required informational returns and cross-border disclosures.
Audit-Ready Documentation: Maintaining meticulous, centralized records to substantiate all claimed deductions and tax positions in the event of a regulatory inquiry by the Uganda Revenue Authority.
We bridge the gap between Ugandan tax law and financial accounting standards (GAAP/IFRS), providing transparent and accurate reporting for stakeholders, investors, and auditors.
Our Reporting Offerings Include: Ugandan corporate and Ugandan Individual Income Tax Provision Calculation – IAS 12, Accurate quarterly and annual computation of your income tax expense, current and deferred tax liabilities/assets, and Effective Tax Rate (ETR).
Deferred Tax Management: Comprehensive analysis and calculation of temporary differences to establish robust deferred tax asset and liability balances.
Uncertain Tax Position (UTP) Analysis: Professional evaluation and documentation of aggressive or uncertain tax positions to meet rigorous financial reporting disclosure requirements and establish clear defence strategies within the Ugandan Tax laws.
Financial Statement Disclosure: Preparing all tax-related footnotes and disclosures necessary for your financial statements and regulatory filings.
Our Taxpayer Representation group is the best in Uganda boasting of a mix of Certified Public Accountants (tax accountants) and tax lawyers who have worked in Ugandan government and Ugandan tax departments of international accounting firms with offices in Uganda and are active in professional bodies and have the knowledge and experience to assist our clients in resolving all manner of disputes with the Uganda Revenue Authority successfully and efficiently.
We work with individuals and businesses to manage the flow of information from the earliest days of an a URA audit through to the conclusion of the appeal process. The Uganda Revenue Authority is increasingly using its administrative powers to compel taxpayers to disclose information. We work to ensure that the rights of our clients are observed and protected during that process.
All communications with our clients is protected by Attorney-client privilege.
We believe an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Most taxpayers will be involved in only one high stakes audit in their lifetime—we represent clients in dozens of audits every year. That experience counts. We can ensure that your responses to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) are effective in protecting your interests. By acting as your intermediary, we can also minimize disruption to your business.
We help our clients respond not only to formal business audits, but also to URA inquiries related to director liability, non-arm’s length transfers, property sales, rental tax and more.
As Uganda’s leading tax law practice in Ugandan tax, we help clients defend their tax positions in the face of an audit. Our litigation advice is client-centric, allowing them to benefit from our comprehensive, creative, reliable and practical approach to tax litigation.
Our Tax Litigation group has unparalleled experience in Ugandan tax matters. We represent clients at every level and in every manner of tax dispute both with URA, at the Tax Appeals Tribunal and other courts.
Our tax lawyers in Uganda have appeared in all levels of court, including the Tax Appeals Tribunal and High Court on Ugandan tax matters. Our experience has enabled us to resolve the majority of our cases quickly and efficiently without the need for a public hearing in most cases. This may be achieved during the administrative appeal process with the Uganda Revenue Authority or, later, through mediation.
The firm’s tax litigation practice covers all aspects of tax dispute resolution including complex audits, administrative appeals, competent authority (MAP).
Our tax litigation team’s expertise is recognized in all areas of tax dispute resolution, with a particular emphasis on transfer pricing, tax incentives (Ugandan deemed paid VAT, Investor income tax and VAT exemptions), voluntary disclosures, information requirements and other audit measures.
Because of our extensive and wide experience, our team can offer practical and innovative solutions that help protect your business interests and efficiently resolve your tax disputes.
At Objections it’s vital to act quickly to preserve your rights. We can file a well-crafted notice of objection, which increases the likelihood resolving the issue without going to court.
Our experienced tax lawyers and tax accountants will take decisive action to identify errors in the assessment, draft and submit the objection and address all relevant issues with the URA.
Our goal is to facilitate a resolution as early as possible, so you can maximize certainty while avoiding the risks and costs of litigation.