Brookhouse Ordered to Pay KRA Ksh 140M for Lowering School Fees
The Brookhouse Schools, Nairobi
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Brookhouse International School has been ordered to pay Ksh140 million after lowering its school fees requirements for a section of its clientele.
A report by
Business Daily on Monday, May 3, indicated that the institution was ordered to part with millions as tax owed to Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).
The institution had reportedly subsidised tuition fees it offered to its staff members between 2010 and 2014.
After a review carried by the taxman and whose revelations were made public in 2017, KRA claimed that the tax arrears amounted to as much as Ksh186.6 million.
KRA Announces Mass PIN Deregistration
KRA Boss James Githii Mburu speaks at a conference in 2019
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Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced that plans are in high gear to deregister Personal Identifications Numbers (PINs) for Kenyans who fail to file their returns.
In a notice carried out in the dailies on Monday, May 3, the taxman issued a 30-day ultimatum to all persons eligible to remit Value Added Taxes as well as income taxes.
After the deadline lapses, the authority announced that it would begin the process of deregistering the PIN holders and erasing their data from the national servers. Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) would like to notify the public that taxpayers who are registered under the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act, 2013, and the Income Tax Act, CAP 470 Laws of Kenya are required to file their returns under the respective laws.
Matiang i Lists Kenyans Exempted from Curfew
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Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang i published a list of personnel classified as essential services providers who would not be affected by the revised curfew hours instituted by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday, March 26.
According to the Gazette notice, the list includes medical professionals and health workers, National security, administration and coordination of national government officers, licensed pharmaceuticals companies, licensed broadcasters, and media houses.
Others include the Kenya Revenue Authority, Kenya Airports Authority and Licensed Civil Aviation Service Providers, Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, Kenya Airways PLC.
How to Avoid Paying New Digital Tax - KRA Explains
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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has explained the procedure for exempting a section of Kenyans from paying the Digital Service Tax (DST) which came into effect on January 2021.
In an event to demystify the new tax on Tuesday, January 26, Deputy Commissioner
Caxton Masudi noted that in the event that you have no income in a particular month, one would be not be required to pay DST, as it is based on the sales made. If you don’t have a steady flow of income and no turn over in a specific month, your return should be zero. This is allowed, if you haven’t made any sales, make a return of zero. No harm, he explained.
KRA Targets Social Media Influencers in New Tax
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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has issued a statement indicating that social media influencers will not be exempted from the newly imposed Digital Service Tax (DST).
The taxman argued that they also fall under the new tax as they earn from facilitating online businesses and individuals to generate revenue. Social media influencers will be liable to pay digital service tax since their income is derived from or accrued from the provision of services through a digital marketplace or by providing digital advertising services in Kenya, KRA stated.