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The National Treasury building in Nairobi on Sunday, May 24, 2020. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG The Treasury is seeking the creation of a Tax Court within the Judiciary to speed up the settlement of disputes between taxpayers and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).It wants to follow the US model where Tax courts settle more than 90 percent of cases where the Internal...

Times Tower, the headquarters of the KRA, in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG Aggressive tax collection and recovery measures by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) raised revenue collection by a fifth in the year to June 2022, the highest ever annual growth margin recorded by the agency.The tax agency said on Thursday that it grew revenue by 21.7 percent or Sh148.9 billion to hit Sh2.03...

KRA commissioner-general Githii Mburu. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) exceeded its revenue collection target by Sh148.9 billion in the fiscal year ended June 2022, boosted by higher collections in corporate, payroll and value-added taxes in the period.The tax agency said in a statement Thursday that it raised Sh2.031 trillion against an original target of Sh1.882 trillion, which was...

Keroche Breweries chief executive Tabitha Karanja addresses the media on March 9, 2022. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG Troubled beer-maker Keroche Breweries has sent home 370 workers on indefinite unpaid leave following a protracted tax dispute with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) that has seen it shut down its operations for months.The brewer said on Thursday it has decided to send its workers home...

Keroche CEO Tabitha Karanja inspects beer production at the Naivasha brewery on March 17, 2022. The Kenya Revenue Authority now accuses Keroche Breweries Chief Executive Officer Tabitha Karanja of failing to honour her tax obligation. KRA said Mrs Karanja has not filed her annual tax returns for the period years between 2008 and 2014. “The first respondent (Tabitha Karanja) has not filed her annual income...

Keroche Breweries wants a six-month break  before it can start repaying the Sh300 million tax arrears it owes Kenya Revenue Authority.The company attributed its financial troubles to the Covid-19 pandemic, frequent closure by KRA and punitive laws by the tax authority.This comes as the Naivasha based brewer said it is contemplating sending the 0ver 400 workers on unpaid leave due to the current...

Times Tower in Nairobi, the headquarters of Kenya Revenue Authority. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG Israeli road constructor SBI International Holdings has won a reprieve from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) which sought to seize Sh3.6 billion it had won in another court case over a tax dispute.KRA issued agency notices to the Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA) seeking to seize money awarded...

Keroche managing director Tabitha Karanja. FILE PHOTO | NMG Keroche Breweries chief executive officer Tabitha Karanja says she signed the latest tax deal with the taxman, which she has since dishonoured, under duress in the latest intrigue in the long-running dispute with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).The troubled Naivasha-based-brewer also appeared to be walking out of the monthly repayment deal signed three months ago...

KRA commissioner-general Githii Mburu. FILE PHOTO | NMG The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has vowed not to reopen Keroche Breweries, accusing the brewer of disregarding a deal to stagger payment of a disputed Sh22.79 billion tax bill and failing to pay duty after the taxman lifted the blockade on the plant in March.The tough stance against the troubled Naivasha-based-brewer has dimmed an appeal from...

The Supreme Court led by Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu dismissed KRA’s bid to claim the back taxes faulting the taxman for failing to calibrate the Simba system. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NMG A rice importer has gotten away with Sh500 million unpaid tax after the Kenya Revenue Authority failed to calibrate their systems to distinguish countries of origin.Export Trading Company ltd paid...