OIL AND GAS – MRT Tax

ITR World Tax 2026 Rankings: MRT Tax among Top Tax Firms in Uganda.

We are delighted to share that MRT Tax has been ranked among the Top tax firms in Uganda in the newly released ITR World Tax 2026 rankings

In addition, the firm’s Managing Partner, Mark Ruhindi, has been individually recognized as a ‘Highly Regarded’ practitioner in General Corporate Tax – (The Highest Tax Leader Rating), underscoring his standing as one of Uganda and East Africa’s leading tax professionals.

This achievement follows MRT Tax’s earlier nomination for the “Tax Firm of the Year (Uganda)” Award at the International Tax Review (ITR) EMEA Tax Awards 2025—a ceremony that celebrates the most distinguished tax and transfer pricing professionals and teams across 33 jurisdictions in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

These milestones hold particular significance for us, being the youngest practice to attain recognition within this elite category — in a competitive market historically dominated by global accounting networks and long-standing decades old law firms.

MRT Tax in Strategic Partnership with Tax Consulting South Africa (TCSA)—A Leading Independent South Africa Tax Firm

MRT Tax is pleased to announce a strategic collaboration partnership with Tax Consulting South Africa (TCSA), one of South Africa’s foremost independent tax firms.

TCSA has established itself as the go-to firm for sophisticated, high-stakes tax advisory across the Southern African market, offering an unmatched combination of technical depth, innovation, and regulatory insight. With a multi-disciplinary team of tax attorneys and chartered accountants, TCSA consistently sets the standard for independent tax excellence in South Africa — and increasingly, across the continent through a professional services partner network presided over by the firm’s leaders.

As regional trade and investment flows between East and Southern Africa continue to accelerate, our clients increasingly require seamless, multi-jurisdictional tax support. Through this partnership, MRT Tax brings deep East African market knowledge and advisory experience in corporate and transaction tax, while TCSA contributes its leading capabilities in South African and cross-border tax compliance, expatriate taxation, and international tax structuring.

“This partnership enhances our ability to deliver coordinated, high-quality advisory across key African jurisdictions. It’s about ensuring that our clients, wherever they operate on the continent, have access to trusted, technically sound, and independent tax advice,” remarked Mark Ruhindi, Managing Partner MRT Tax.

MRT Tax nominated for “Tax Firm of the Year – Uganda” at the ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2025.

We’re honored to share the great news that our firm is shortlisted for “Tax Firm of the Year – Uganda” at the Prestigious International Tax Review’s ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2025.

The ITR EMEA Tax Awards was established in 2005 to commend tax professionals and their practice accomplishments over a 12-month timescale.

This year’s 21st annual awards highlights the most distinguished tax and transfer pricing professionals and teams across 33 jurisdictions in the EMEA region(Europe, Middle East and Africa).

This recognition is more than just a nomination—it’s a testament to the growing influence of our firm within Uganda and East Africa’s complex and evolving tax landscape.

It reflects our team’s commitment to technical excellence, client trust, and innovation in delivering forward-thinking tax solutions to the market.

We are immensely proud of what the recognition represents to both the firm, our partners and clients.

From humble beginnings, we’ve built MRT Tax into a firm trusted by some of the country’s most dynamic businesses and we continue to be a trusted guide to investors of all categories navigating market entry into this market and beyond.

We’ve established partnerships with some of the world’s leading firms and practitioners and are on course to consolidate our position as a top-tier firm.

The nomination is also a powerful vote of confidence from both our peers and clients.
On behalf of the teams at MRT Tax and its sister and collaborating firms, We would like to thank you all for believing in us and for entrusting us with the opportunity to provide answers and solutions to your most complex and high-stakes legal and tax matters over the past year.

We would also like to congratulate our partners and colleagues who have been Shortlisted in other jurisdictions on your well-deserved recognition. Ends

MRT Tax in Strategic Partnership with The Cragus Group—The GCC’s Leading Tax and Transfer Pricing Advisory Group

MRT Tax is pleased to announce a new strategic collaboration partnership with The Cragus Group, a ITR (World Tax) Top Tier Tax Firm headquartered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Cragus is consistently ranked ahead of the Big 4 in the GCC, and is widely regarded as one of the region’s most trusted tax and transfer pricing firms, with a specialized oil and gas practice.

“This partnership bolsters our advisory capabilities, bringing together deep local insight and international oil and gas tax expertise for upstream, midstream and downstream investments currently being undertaken in East Africa’s oil and gas sector.” Remarked, Mark Ruhindi, the Managing Partner