How to file KRA tax returns
Every year, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) requires Kenyan adults to file their KRA tax returns, whether employed or not. The returns are classified into different categories which include income tax for resident individuals, non-resident individuals, companies, partnerships, PAYE, turnover tax, Value Added Tax (VAT) and excise duty. Filing KRA tax returns electronically To file […]
KRA blame ‘genuine human error’ after rice company fails to pay Ksh500million tax
The Supreme court has dismissed Kenya Revenue Authority’s (KRA) request to their request to force a rice importer to pay Ksh378million in a tax dispute that saw him walk away with Ksh500million unpaid tax. Issuing the ruling, the judges led by Justice Philomena Mwilu dismissed their request citing failure to calibrate the Tradex Simba System. […]
KRA staff to wear body cameras in renewed fight against bribery
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) will soon require its staff in critical departments to wear ‘body cameras’ in a renewed fight against tax cheating, the tax man has revealed. Speaking to a local daily, KRA Commissioner General Githii Mburu said the body-worn cameras, commonly used by the police in the United States, will mainly be used […]
No evidence: Case where woman was taken to court after ‘her man’ died during intercourse closed
Court has set free a 25-year-old woman who was arrested and taken to court over the demise of a 40-year-old man that occurred during intercourse at an apartment in Kilimani area, according to a miscellaneous application filed in court by a DCI officer. Milimani Law Courts’ Senior Resident Magistrate Zainab Abdul closed the miscellaneous application […]
High Court orders Kidero to pay KRA Ksh400M
Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has suffered a major blow after the High Court ordered him to pay Ksh400 million tax to KRA after failing to prove how the funds in question were raised for his campaigns. The order comes after Milimani Commercial High Court judge David Majanja overturned a decision by the Tax Appeals […]
Thika: Rogue cop arrested for posing as KRA official, demanding hefty bribe from liquor businessman
A rogue cop escaped lynching from an angry mob in Thika after demanding a bribe from a liquor store owner. In a statement by DCI, Inspector Davis Simiyu of Kikuyu Police Station reportedly walked in Heisenberg Wines and Spirits in Runda estate with two others and pretended to be officials from Kenya Revenue Authority(KRA). The […]
Court bars KRA from increasing tax on beer
Kenyans have been temporarily saved from more taxes after a Nairobi court barred the taxman from adjusting excise duty on at least 31 products. KRA had planned to increase the excise duty on fast-moving goods such as beer, fuel, bottled water, energy drinks, and juice beginning in October 1. In a notice issued on August […]