The course has been designed to enhance your knowledge and skills to deal with various tax-related matters. You will be able to understand the structure, objectives, and functions of different tax systems and regimes, such as income tax, value-added tax (VAT), corporate tax, property tax as well as apply the relevant tax laws, regulations, and standards to various situations and scenarios e.g., calculating tax liabilities, filing tax returns, claiming tax deductions and credits, etc.  The course also equips you to use various tax tools and techniques, such as accounting methods, tax planning strategies.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Understand the tax system and the obligations of tax payers and/or their agents and the implications of non-compliance
• Compute the income tax liabilities of individuals and the effect of tax contributions on employees, employers and the self-employed
• Compute the chargeable gains arising on individuals
• Compute the inheritance tax liabilities of individuals
• Compute the corporation tax liabilities of individual companies and groups of companies
• Understand how to compute the effects of value added tax (VAT) on incorporated and unincorporated businesses

Modules

This course will be delivered through the following modules.

• Ugandan Tax system and its administration
• Types of tax and implication
• Chargeable gains for individuals
• Corporation tax liabilities
• Value added tax (VAT)