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Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Commissioner General Githii Mburu during the interview with the Nation at his office in Nairobi on November 4, 2021. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NMG On the day James Githii Mburu took over the corner office on the 3oth floor at the Kenya Revenue Authority’s Times Towers headquarters in Nairobi, he says he found a newspaper cartoon that summed up...

Hundreds of locals await service at the KRA Mombasa Service Center. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has reported a rise in the number of taxpayers rushing to verify their tax compliance status this week. The rise has been attributed to reports attributed to KRA Commissioner General Githii Mburu published this week that the authority uses technology for tax compliance surveillance. The reports detailed that the taxman is...

KRA Commissioner General Githii Mburu. FILE PHOTO | NMG Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) on Wednesday said Kenyans are rushing to verify their tax compliance status following revelations that the taxman is training its guns on rich Kenyans displaying lavish lifestyles on social media but paying little or no taxes.KRA on Wednesday said in a statement that they have recorded a steady rise in the...

Social media applications are seen in this image. The Kenya Revenue Authority’s (KRA) announcement that it would monitor online users’ social media accounts to identify people that it would investigate for tax compliance, has drawn reactions. The agency said it would scour Facebook and Instagram profiles for tax defaulters. Those targeted are social media users posting videos and pictures exhibiting the verve and drip in...

Social media applications are seen in this image. The Kenya Revenue Authority’s (KRA) announcement that it would monitor online users’ social media accounts to identify people that it would investigate for tax compliance, has drawn reactions. The agency said it would scour Facebook and Instagram profiles for tax defaulters. Those targeted are social media users posting videos and pictures exhibiting the verve and drip in...

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and Posta Kenya officials have recovered $28,000 (Sh3.1 million) concealed in a jacket shipped into Kenya as a parcel from South Carolina state, USA. Posta staff working jointly with KRA customs officers based at City Square Post Office recovered the money in a suitcasecontaining clothes and books sent to a Nigerian national.Mr Peter Oluwafemi Olaiwon was arrested upon presenting himself to...

KRA Commissioner General Githii Mburu. FILE PHOTO | NMG Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) on Tuesday warned of possible confusion over the legal notice issued on November 2 by Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) commissioner-general Githii Mburu that seeks to adjust excise duty levied on various products.The consulting firm warned that the notice “was published on November 2, 2021, but is dated 15, October 2021 and does...

Tackling tax evasion and illicit trade currently top Kenya Revenue Authority's priorities, commissioner general Githii Mburu now says, as the taxman focusses  on hitting the Sh1.78 trillion target.This is ordinary revenue for the current financial year ending June 30, 2022.KRA is also going after businesses whose profitability model is based on tax evasion.It is also keen on tax base expansion which focuses on...

KRA Commissioner General Githii Mburu. FILE PHOTO | NMG The taxman is training its guns on rich Kenyans displaying lavish lifestyles on social media but paying little or no taxes.The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Commissioner-General Githii Mburu said his officers are now spending time on social media, trolling Kenyans posting photos of luxurious cars, throwing expensive parties, living lavishly to ensure their taxes are...

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is once again under pressure from Nairobi MCAs to disclose details of the revenue collected in the county in the past 19 months.Deputy Minority Whip Moses Ogeto wants the taxman compelled by the county assembly to make public its total monthly revenue collection, including bank statements, for the period commencing March 2020.The KRA was in March 2020 appointed...