KRA
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has expanded operating hours across its service centers and contact points to accommodate the surge in annual tax return filings as the June 30, 2026 deadline approaches. The move is intended to ease congestion during the final days of the filing period and provide taxpayers with
Financial News
The government is seeking to amend the Finance Bill 2026 to empower the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to recover more than Ksh 100 billion in unremitted Affordable Housing Levy deductions, addressing a legal gap that has allowed employers to evade compliance since the levy’s introduction. The proposal would give
Courts
Justice John Mativo has lifted an order stopping the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) from accessing its seven bank accounts over a Sh1.9 billion tax dispute with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). The High Court temporarily lifted the order following a request by the State Agency which complained that its
Courts
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has lost its bid to collect billions of shillings from betting companies for the period between 2018 and 2019 after a High Court judge ruled that tax on winnings then did not involve the amount wagered. KRA sought to tax both the amount wagered and
Courts
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) wants a former senior employee of Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) compelled to forfeit property worth Sh278 million to the State because they were acquired through proceeds of crime. EACC told the court that Jeremiah Kamau Kinyua resigned from KRA in March last year after
Courts
Betting firms and a group of gamblers have suffered a blow after the court refused to overturn 7.5% excise duty imposed on cash they set aside in their wallets for gaming. High Court judge George Odunga dismissed a petition filed by the gamblers stating that levying excise duty on
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The government through Kenya Revenue Authority is luring the Parliament to amend the Huduma Namba Bill to give it access to data to bring tax cheats to book. KRA wants the amendments to include access to data that is beyond confiscation of legal information like passport and national identity cards.
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As 2022 politics intensify one thing that remains a tragedy is the depleting economy that the next president will inherit from President Uhuru Kenyatta who retires in August. On top of failing in most of its promises, the current regime has seriously failed in economy, eradicating corruption and creating jobs.
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Centum Investment Company PLC has announce the appointment of Ms. Risper Alaro as the Group Finance Director effective 15th March 2022. Risper rejoins Centum after being away on sabbatical leave. Until mid-2018, she served Centum in various leadership capacities for a period of 18 years. Risper established Centum Business Solutions
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Sh78.54 billion in non-tax collections including surplus cash held by State corporations has been netted bt the Treasury in the first-half of the current fiscal year, new data shows. The Treasury's latest exchequer data shows the amount surrendered by the State firms in the July-December 2019 window
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We are approaching the end of the tax-year in Kenya and Tanzania, challenging businesses to accelerate their efforts to comply with the laws and regulations around the collection of pay-as-you-earn (Paye) tax and the submission of tax returns. Companies have only a few short weeks to get their houses in
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Amid dwindling tax collections, stakeholders in the renewable energy sector want Parliament to repeal taxes on solar energy products, saying it would spur growth in the sector. They say the move was prompted by increasing prices of solar products after Treasury expunged value added tax (VAT) exemption on accessories last