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3 Feb 2023
Cause of delay to broaden revenue base via minimum tax
Section 12D of the Income Tax Act was introduced via the Finance Act of 2020 which sought to impose a minimum tax of 1% on gross turnover. The tax rate was introduced to ensure that everyone, regardle...
3 Feb 2023
Explainer: What you need to know about Kenya’s Privatisation
Bill, 2023 At the core of national conversation lately is a proposed legislation seeking to govern the process of privatising state-owned companies and entities. The Privatisation Bill, 2023, which is...
3 Feb 2023
A return of the politics of tax
Taxation in Kenya has taken a political twist in a week that saw President William Ruto train his guns on former President Uhuru Kenyatta and businesses associated with his family. Speaking a day afte...
3 Feb 2023
Hustler Fund: The question of defaulters amidst plans to roll out second phase
The Hustler Fund, which was launched late last year and has been in operation for over two months now, has so far disbursed Kshs. 15.9 billion in loans with about half of that money (Kshs. 7.7 billion...
27 Jan 2023
Understanding the Cytonn Schemes under liquidation
After a recent court ruling on Cytonn’s two funds, the CEO, Mr. Edwin Dande, has had occasion to shed light on what happened with the two portfolios that are to be liquidated and the challenges atte...
27 Jan 2023
Snooping on tax evaders: Balancing between protection of personal data and KRA’s bid to monitor transactions
As the world marks Data Privacy Day on 28th January 2023, Kenya has been busy this week with a series of activities organized by the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) to commemorate th...
20 Jan 2023
Michael Kamau Kamiru is a new board member at KRA
Mr Kamiru is currently the Head of Governance, Risk and Compliance, at Jubilee Allianz General Insurance Limited. He is a Finance Management and Risk Management professional with over 27 years of demo...
20 Jan 2023
20th January 2023 Trade and Financial Services Round Up
Kenya Users allowed to sue Safaricom over clients’ bank details access The High Court has allowed millions of Safaricom subscribers to join a class action suit against the telecoms operator ...
13 Jan 2023
13th January Trade and Financial Services Round Up
Kenya State bursts recurrent budget forecast by Sh81.7bn President William Ruto’s administration projects expenditure for the day-to-day running of the government is Sh81.7 billion more than what th...
9 Dec 2022
Taxing the digital economy: Indepth look at DST, loopholes and how to get it right
The global economy has gone digital. This has increased the issue of tax avoidance and tax equity and sparked an increase in digital taxes worldwide, therefore increasing the number of challenges to t...
25 Nov 2022
Broadening the tax base: A look at Financial Derivatives Regulations 2022
In the financial year 2022/23, Kenya government revenues are projected to increase to Ksh 2.4 trillion (17% of GDP), an increase from the Ksh 2.06 trillion (16.3 percent of GDP) collected in the year ...
18 Nov 2022
Banks to use Treasury bonds as loan collateral
As part of measures aimed at increasing industry liquidity and relieving the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) from frequently having to bail out cash-strapped institutions, banks will soon be able to borro...
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