As we enter the year ahead, we remain firmly aligned with your business objectives, to continue to deliver unrivaled technical acumen in managing each and every one of your mandates across tax and business law, and with the same value proposition of Integrated Tax and legal Excellence, through our two integrated professional services arms.
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MRT Tax 2025 Year in Review: The Market and Key Tax Trends
As we draw the curtains on 2025, we reflect on a year defined by transformative shifts in the tax landscape, from local, regional and international standpoints.
2025 has also been a defining one for our firm across advisory, tax controversy, transactions practices, and we are grateful to our clients for the confidence placed in us through the sensitive and high‑stakes mandates we received, as you sought our guidance to help you navigate tax complexity with confidence.
We extend an equal amount of gratitude to our peers and collaborators–locally, regionally, and internationally.
A Year of Excellence, Collaboration, and Global Recognition
Our journey this year has been marked by significant milestones that reinforce MRT Tax’s position as a leading tax firm in Uganda.
Recognition and Rankings:
MRT Tax received nomination for the prestigious Tax Firm of the Year Award – Uganda at the ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2025 and was subsequently recognised in the ITR World Tax 2026 rankings as a Notable leading tax practice in Uganda.
The Founding Managing Partner, Mark Ruhindi received Individual Recognition as a Highly Regarded Practitioner-General Corporate Tax.
Strategic Alliances:
We entered into strategic collaborations with The Cragus Group, one of the GCC’s leading independent tax and transfer pricing firms, and Tax Consulting South Africa (TCSA), a market leader in taxation in South Africa.
These relationships significantly enhanced our ability to advise our clients in international trade on cross‑border structuring, transfer pricing, and international tax risk that crosses into those key trade and investment corridors and vice-versa.
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 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