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Before you sign

Selling, buying or bringing in an investor? Know the tax before you sign.

Changing who owns a company or property can trigger tax: on the gain, on the transfer, and sometimes on old tax problems the new owner inherits. We show you the tax cost of each option before you commit.

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Who this is for
  • Owners selling a business or shares
  • Companies bringing in a new investor
  • Buyers who want to know what tax problems come with the company
  • Families handing a business or property to the next generation
  • Owners moving property into or out of a company
The problem

The structure of the deal decides the tax.

The same deal can be done in different ways: sell the shares or the assets, pay now or in stages, move property before or after. Each way can carry a different tax bill, and some only show up years later.

Buyers face a second risk. A company keeps its tax history when it changes hands, including unfiled returns, open assessments and unpaid PAYE or withholding tax. Unless the agreement deals with it, the new owner inherits it.

If it's left alone

What it can cost you

  • Tax on the gain that a different structure would have reduced
  • Stamp duty and transfer costs nobody priced in
  • Inheriting the company's unpaid tax and open assessments
  • A deal delayed because a TCC or URSB filing isn't ready
How it works

Three steps

01

We map the deal

Who owns what today, what's changing hands, and the timetable.

02

We cost each route

The tax on each option, side by side, in shillings.

03

You get it in writing before you sign

A short report your lawyer and the other side can work from.

What you get

What you receive

  • The tax cost of the deal as planned
  • Other structures and what each would cost
  • For buyers: the company's tax history and open risks
  • A checklist of URA and URSB steps to complete it properly
Fees

Your starting figure

The review is priced on the deal value and set in a written proposal, valid for 14 days, before any work starts.

Common questions

FAQs: Pre-Transaction Review

Before the price and structure are agreed. After signing, the options shrink.

Possibly a large one. When 50% or more of a Ugandan company changes hands within 3 years, directly or through a holding company abroad, the company is treated as having sold all its assets at market value and pays tax on the gain, with no cash from the deal. The trigger is registration of the change at URSB, and the value is worked out asset by asset (Kuku Foods v URA, 2026). We cost it before you sign.

It's priced on the deal value, from UGX 6,000,000, and set in a written proposal before any work starts.

No. Your lawyer drafts the agreement. We give the tax picture it should reflect, and we're happy to work together.

Its filing history, open assessments, PAYE and withholding records, VAT and EFRIS position, and whether it can get a TCC.

Yes. Deal details stay between you, your advisers and us.

Not sure where you stand? Let's find out, before URA does it for you.

Tell us what's happening. We'll tell you the next step and what it costs, before any work starts.

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