Unpacking KRA's eTIMS: A New Era for Tax Compliance in Kenya for Businesses & Individuals. What is eTIMS? The eTIMS system is KRA's innovative response to the challenges of tax compliance, designed to facilitate a seamless, efficient, and transparent process. By automating tax invoicing, eTIMS significantly reduces the administrative burden on businesses and individuals, ensures accuracy in tax reporting, and combats tax evasion. This system is not just a step forward in digitalization; it's a major transition towards enhancing the ease of doing business in Kenya. The Significance of eT ..read more

n this episode, we unpack the Tax Amnesty Programme, which provides taxpayers with an opportunity to rectify their tax affairs while avoiding severe penalties and interest. The primary goal of the Tax Amnesty Programme is to encourage taxpayers to come forward and disclose any undisclosed income, settle their outstanding tax liabilities and enjoy 100% amnesty on penalties and interest The Tax Amnesty Programme typically covers various types of taxes, including income tax, value-added tax (VAT), corporate tax, and other taxes under domestic taxes. It applies to both individual taxpayers and bu ..read more

By law all wines, spirits, beer, bottled water, juices, soda, energy drinks, cigarettes and other tobacco products must be marked with excise tax stamps. In this episode, our expert Soila is breaking it down for easy understanding of the Soma Label App. Remember excise tax stamps possess a number of security features and are all uniquely numbered with encrypted data codes. The codes are linked to a track & trace system holding information for each product individually ..read more

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) continues to stand out as a socially inclusive institution and an employer of choice for many reasons. Diversity and social inclusion are definitely part of this discourse. We understand the unique needs of an inclusive workforce, and believe that persons with disabilities should be provided with a supportive environment to enable them express their unique abilities and talents so that they live a decent life and none is left behind," said. Patience Njau-Nyaga (Mrs) the Deputy Commissioner Human Resource ..read more

The deadline for the requirement by taxpayers to comply with regulations of the Tax Invoice Management System (TIMS) has been extended to 30th September 2022. The deadline extension is an administrative decision necessitated by taxpayers' request for more time to acquire and activate their TIMS devices in compliance with Electronic Tax Invoice (ETI) Regulations that were gazetted on 25th September 2020, Legal Notice 189. The overall objective of introducing TIMS vide VAT (Electronic Tax Invoice) Regulations, 2020 is to increase VAT compliance, minimize on VAT fraud and increase tax revenue ..read more

The Tax Summit is an annual dialogue platform for exchanging ideas, knowledge, insights and solutions to support efficiency and effectiveness in tax administration. This year's Summit is the 8th and is themed "Now & Beyond: Enhanced Service Delivery to Improve Tax Compliance'' will drive public and international dialogue around entrenching risk-based tax compliance, enhancing trade facilitation, and positioning KRA as a service-driven agency for the future. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/storizaushuru/message ..read more

The Tax Summit is an annual dialogue platform for the exchange of ideas, knowledge, insights and solutions to support efficiency and effectiveness in tax administration. This year's Summit is the 8th and is themed "Now & Beyond: Enhanced Service Delivery to Improve Tax Compliance'' will drive public and international dialogue around entrenching risk-based tax compliance, enhancing trade facilitation, and positioning KRA as a service-driven agency for the future ..read more

PAYE is a method of collecting tax from individuals, both Resident and Non-resident, in gainful employment. Gains or Profits include wages, casual wages, salary, leave pay, sick pay, payment in lieu of leave, fees, commission, bonus, gratuity, subsistence, traveling, entertainment, or other allowance received in respect of employment or services rendered. To learn more https://t.co/4NRZLuaDae Twitter: https://twitter.com/KRACare Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KRACare/?ref=page_internal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kra_care/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbNSvsHFoQ4QnRj ..read more

The Tax Invoice Management System (TIMS) is an upgrade of the current Electronic Tax Register (ETR) regime that was rolled out in 2005. It will facilitate electronic tax invoice management through standardization, validation, and transmission of invoices to KRA on a real-time or near real-time basis. All VAT-registered taxpayers are required to comply. The effective rollout date is 1st August 2021 To learn more https://kra.go.ke/en/helping-tax-payers/faqs/electronic-tax-invoice Twitter: https://twitter.com/KRACare Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KRACare/?ref=page_internal Instagram: https ..read more

To report a crime visit https://iwhistle.kra.go.ke/welcome/ Contact us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/KRACare Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KRACare/?ref=page_internal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kra_care/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbNSvsHFoQ4QnRj4K60eBhQ Email: callcentre@kra.go.ke --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/storizaushuru/message ..read more