Kenya Revenue Authority Stories
The proposed changes, if passed into law, would increase the period for refund ascertainment from the current 90 to 120 days, along with an extension...
The move comes barely a year after similar proposals in the Finance Bill, 2024 were dropped following fierce resistance from the public and civil righ...
Taxpayers who do not owe principal taxes but have penalties or interest will automatically have these amounts waived without needing to submit an appl...
The vessel, named KRA 009, was officially commissioned in Mombasa, signalling a firm move to enhance surveillance across Kenya’s waters.
A fringe benefits tax is imposed on employers offering concessional loans to their employees, directors, or their families. The tax remains in effect...
Between July 2024 and February 2025, KRA collected Sh1.4 trillion, which is 56.7 per cent of its annual target of Sh2.475 trillion.
KRA’s liabilities related to employee salaries, contracted services, and operational costs reached Sh4.06 billion by the end of June 2024.
KRA has noted that while some small businesses have registered for PINs, many do not fulfil their tax obligations, with some filing nil returns despit...
According to KRA, over 1.9 million taxpayers have benefited from the initiative after settling their principal taxes for liabilities incurred up to De...
The tax agency has also listed the procurement of 20 external cameras, 60 data collection devices, and a dedicated system for hosting and live-streami...
The Finance and Budget Committee is expected to present its findings and recommendations to the Senate in the coming weeks.
The internal alignment will further focus on enhancing workflow processes to reduce redundancies, optimise internal resources and leverage advanced an...
Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi on Monday acknowledged the significant impact of the outage on the country's revenue collections.
The adjustment reflects KRA’s efforts to align with CBK’s monetary policy and pass on the benefits of lower market interest rates to taxpayers.
The iCMS was designed to modernise Kenya's customs process, bringing greater efficiency to cargo clearance.
According to the Authority, Kebaso may have committed multiple tax-related offences in connection to alleged undeclared income and failure to meet tax...
The governor said the formula would disproportionately harm urban and coastal counties, including Mombasa.
Revenue collection challenges have been attributed to underperformance in key tax categories, which has disrupted government operations.
Muriithi also highlighted the importance of building stronger relationships with stakeholders in both the public and private sectors.
To encourage whistleblowing, KRA said it introduced a reward system offering informers five per cent of the recovered tax, capped at Sh5 million per c...
KRA announced that revenue for the first five months of the 2024/25 financial year, spanning July to November, totalled Sh1.005 trillion.
Justice Chacha Mwita put the enforcement of the regulations on hold pending a hearing of a petition filed by civil rights group Katiba Institute on De...
Despite these obstacles, the PBO reported that 2,543 tax cases have been settled, generating Sh71.89 billion in revenue.
In a notice, the authority said the change is outlined in the current stipulations of the Income Tax Act.
The authority said the IMEI system will be used for effective monitoring of devices within the local network.
KRA has announced that each mobile device intended for use in the country must be listed, along with its IMEI number, on the F88 passenger declaration...
The recovery followed 883 reported cases from the public, with 255 KRA staff members currently under investigation over allegations of misconduct link...
This comes amid an ongoing investigation into palm oil shipments that entered Kenya between March 2023 and June 2024.
KRA is working on integrating its systems with mobile operators to better detect income tax evaders.
