MARIA LYAGANGA PALAPALA

Audit roles

• Interacting with the clients and collecting all necessary information.
• Preparing and maintaining audit files
• Familiarizing with the client’s business
• Performing tests to check financial information
• Undertaking risk analysis
• Relationships with clients and advising on areas that need improvement.
• Filling of Value Added Tax, Skills and Development Levy & statement of Withheld of employees for clients.

Tax consultant roles

• Managed tax compliance engagements for multiple clients, ensuring timely filing and adherence to tax regulations.
• Successfully represented clients during tax audits and examinations, reducing proposed tax assessments through technical tax arguments and supporting documentation.
• Advised clients on complex VAT, withholding tax, corporate income tax matters and other tax matters, improving compliance and mitigating tax risks.
• Prepared and reviewed tax computations and returns, enhancing accuracy and minimizing tax exposure.
• Conducted tax health checks and identified opportunities for process improvements and tax savings.
• Developed comprehensive responses to tax authority queries
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• Prepared technical tax opinions, objection letters, and responses to assessments issued by tax authorities

• Preparations of all rates on daily basis
• Preparations of bank’s Internal treasury reports.
• Preparations of mandatory bank reports.
• Preparations of deal tickets.
• Worked at CRDB BANK under Treasury operations as intern where I was assigned and accomplished various roles including.