About Us

The East African School of Taxation provides tax training and consultancy services in East Africa. The school is located in Kampala, Uganda, and is the first taxation school in East Africa.

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We offer courses in income tax and revenue administration, certificates of merit in taxation, and tailor-made courses in taxation for parastatal organizations, the private sector, local governments and small and medium enterprises.

The school also offers training in facilitating tax planning processes, salary, and benefits tax consultancy, tax management systems and tax audits.

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Services Offered

  • Diploma in Tax & Revenue Administration

    Specialized Tax Training

    Tax Consultancy

    Skills Sharpening Courses

The Training Centre

We offer The Diploma in Tax and Revenue Administration. The normal program load per semester is 20 Credit Units (CU). Normal load for a semester is defined as one third of the total credit units required for the DITRA Program. We have three semesters which require normal load, bringing it to a minimum requirement of 65 CU, and an additional 5CU for research projects.

Therefore to graduate from the program, a student would require a total load of 70CU. The detailed curriculum structure for the DITRA program is outlined showing all relevant and necessary course codes, course names, credit units (CU), practical hours (PH), lecture hours (LH) and contact hours (CH).

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Graduates of our programs are well-prepared to quantify risk and predict shifts in the tax environments. Every professor who teaches in the program is credentialed in tax practice (CPA or LLM) with years of full-time practice in the field.

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Course Schedule

The Post Graduate Diploma in Tax and Revenue Administration is offered as an evening course from 6pm to 9pm, three days a week. We have three intakes every year: January, May and September.

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Tuition Structure

The fees are UGX 1,550,000 per semester, excluding a one time non-refundable registration fee of UGX 110,000 that is paid during the initial application process. All payments are made to the bank using school bankslip.

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Entry Requirements

Applicants for the DITRA course must be either holders of a degree from a recognizable university or members of professional bodies such as ACCA, CIMA, CPA, ICS, ICSA or ICAE & W.

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Benefits of the Tax Program

  • In-depth knowledge and ability to authoritatively interpret tax law including income tax, VAT and Customs Laws.

  • Deeper understanding of procedural aspects of adjudicating tax disputes.

  • Practical skills needed in the review of income tax returns of differents categories of business entities and individulas.

  • Practical knowledge and skills needed in the computation of income tax and reclaim of VAT procedures.

  • Capability to represent revenue authorities and taxpayers in tax matters.

  • Industry-specific tax knowledge including tax aspects of telecoms, financial institutions and those engaged in petroleum exploration, among others.

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The Centre for Continuing Education

The center for continuing education offers short courses, seminars and conferences on taxation, public sector accounting and related PFM issues; for public officials, civil society professionals and members of the business community.

The hallmark of the Centre for Continuing Education is the Nuts and Bolts series. The Series features expert analysis of policy, legal and ethical issues in taxation, public procurement, fiscal decentralization and other PFM issues. A significant segment of the Nuts & Bolts Series involves sharing of the latest perspectives, experiences and international best practice.

The Centre is in charge of organizing seminars and workshops on tax issues. This Centre supports the work of both the Policy Centre and the Training Centre. We have organized seminars covering: Taxation of cross-border transactions; Tax treaties & information exchange agreements; Aggressive tax planning & holding companies; Implementing the Foreign Account tax; and Compliance Act (FATCA) in Uganda.

Short Courses and Programs Offered

  • Tax Law and Policy

  • Fiscal Decentralization

  • Transfer Pricing

  • International Taxation

  • Tax Treaty Negotiation: Legal & Policy Issues

Short Courses and Programs Offered

  • Petroleum Taxation

  • Public Procurement

  • Public Private Partnerships

  • Budget Preparation & Execution

  • Anti-Corruption Planning & Performances

The Policy Centre

Our policy center undertakes research and conducts training on various issue areas including tax policy, government expenditure management, fiscal decentralization, public sector accountability, auditing and reporting. We have participated in various research projects including:

  1. Collaborative research on ‘Sustainable Tax Governance in Developing Countries Through Global Tax Transparency’ , funded by the Norwegian Research Council.
  2. Partnering with the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration to undertake Joint Research on the EAC Common Protocol, Tax Harmonization in EAC Member States and a comparative analysis of mineral taxation laws and policies in Africa.

Our PFM focus covers Public Revenue, Public Expenditure and Public Sector Accountability.

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We welcome all inquiries and are committed to providing timely and reliable responses. Contact us for detailed information, support, or any additional assistance you may require.

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