Tuesday, October 26, 2021
FISCAL ANALYSIS
UNFAVOURABLE TAX POLICIES THAT CONTINUE TO CONSTRAIN THE GROWTH OF THE SORGHUM VALUE CHAIN
The story of sorghum based beer in Kenya illustrates the importance of government policy for the development of smallholder value...
FILE YOUR ANNUAL TAX RETURN TO AVOID PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE
By Rispah Simiyu Worldwide, a good tax compliance score is a fundamental aspect for the smooth running of any business...
THE KENYA REVENUE AUTHORITY LAUNCHES THE 8TH CORPORATE PLAN 2021/2022 – 2023/2024
This Plan is the eighth in the life cycle of the Authority and runs under the Theme: Revenue Mobilization through...
KENYA BUDGET STATEMENT FY 2021/2022 THEME: BUILDING BACK BETTER: STRATEGY FOR RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH
INTRODUCTION Aptly themed, this year’s Kshs. 3 Trillion budget aims to focus on economic recovery in the wake of the...
NATIONAL TREASURY PS NOTES POST BUDGET READING AS CAPTURED AT THE KENYA PRIVATE SECTOR ALLIANCE (KEPSA) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS (PWC) AND BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF KENYA (BCCK) NATIONAL BUDGET WEBINAR.
“We believe the policies that we have laid down will be able to keep inflation down, interest rates will be...
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ON THE BUDGET STATEMENT FY 2021/2022
The Kenya National Treasury has invited members of the public to contribute to the final Budget Statement for the FY...
FINANCE BILL, 2021
TAX AMENDMENTS HIGHLIGHTS Introduction: The Finance Bill, 2021 was published on 05th May 2021. The reason for publishing the Bill...
PUBLIC BODIES AND DATA PROTECTION: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Public bodies are expected to comply with the provisions of the Data Protection Act, 2019. The Act defines a data...
AT THE PEAK OF THE BUDGET CYCLE- FY 2021/2022
Oxygéne MCL in partnership with the Institute of Public Finance, Kenya (IPFK) launched the Shadow Budget Report for the Financial...
First National Shadow Budget roots for a predictable tax regime and urgent debt management
A shadow National Budget published by a local public affairs and policy analysis consortium has called for the urgent adoption...
A RULING AGAINST MINIMUM TAXES
Earlier this week, the High Court of Kenya vide a ruling in the Constitutional Petition No. E005 of 2021, a...
NEW RULES FOR DATA PROTECTION
The Officer of the Data Protection Commissioner released Draft Data Protection Regulations earlier this week for public participation. The Regulations...
INCREASING EASE OF DOING BUSINESS
The Business Laws (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021 (“New Act”) was signed into law on 30th March 2021, thereby coming...
A WIN FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES IN KENYA
The Employment (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was signed into law on 30th March 2021. The new Act – Employment (Amendment) Act,...
DIVISION OF REVENUE AND COUNTY FUND ALLOCATION
The Division of Revenue Bill (DoRB), 2021 proposes to allocate to County Governments Ksh.409.88 billion in the financial year (FY)...
BPS AND TRADE SECTOR-GENERAL ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS(GECA)
In the MTEF period 2017/18-2019/20, the total approved budget for the sector’s programmes and sub programmes was 78.9 Billion Ksh,...
PART 2 ON THE BUDGET SERIES: WHICH WAY FORWARD FOR KENYA’S ECONOMY? HIGHLIGHTS OF KENYA’S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AND PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS
The Kenyan economy is currently facing significant challenges as a result of the COVID-19 (C19) exacerbating an already grim situation....
MINIMUM TAX IS AN IDEA WORTH PURSUING.
Taxing businesses on profits as it has always been means that loss making entities comfortably escape the taxman’s noose. Bear...
KENYA NATIONAL BUDGET PART 1: BUILDING BACK BETTER: STRATEGY FOR RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC RECOVERY
KENYA NATIONAL BUDGET The current state of engagement between the state and the public on matters related to budget allocations,...
NATIONAL TREASURY REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT 2021BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT FOR THE MTEF FY 2021/22-2023/24 BUDGET
The National Treasury has finalized the Draft 2021 Budget Policy Statement for the MTEF FY 2021/22 -2023/24 budget which is...
KENYA ON COURSE TO IMPLEMENT GLOBAL TAX EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION PROTOCOLS BY 2022
SPECIAL FEATURE: The Kenya Government has reiterated its commitment in implementing international standards on transparency and exchange of information for...
GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES FOR ENERGY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ICT
In Kenya’s national finance cycle, the Energy, Infrastructure and ICT Sector (EII) comprises nine sub-sectors namely: Energy and Petroleum; Infrastructure; Transport; Shipping and...
PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT IN THE BUDGET MAKING PROCESS
The Kenya budget cycle is well on its way and is in fact half way through with the National Treasury...
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FIRST QUARTERLY ECONOMIC AND BUDGETARY REVIEW REPORT IN THE 2020/21 FY
10.7% Growth in broad money supply, M3, improved to 10.7 percent in the year to September 2020 compared to a...
STATUS OF PAYMENTS TO COUNTY GOVERNEMNTS
The National Treasury and Planning published a public statement on the status of payments to county governments. The Statement was...
‘PEOPLE’S MONEY: HARNESSING DIGITALIZATION TO FINANCE A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE’
A report on the role that digitization shall play in financing a sustainable future was released this week by the...
KRA Finance Act 2020 Stakeholder Awareness
The Kenya Revenue Authority held a Stakeholder Engagement on Thursday, August 13, 2020 to create awareness of the provisions of...
OECD VIEW: KENYA CORPORATE TAX POLICY LEADING GLOBALLY
Setting Trends Earlier this week, KRA released a press statement highlighting the findings of OECD report on corporate taxation. The...
FINANCE BILL 2020: PARLIAMENT’S VIEW
TABLING OF COMMITTEE REPORT On 18th of June 2020, the National Assembly held its plenary session. Hon. Joseph Kirui Limo,...
BUDGET 2020: UGANDA HIGHLIGHTS
The Uganda 2020/21 national budget is based on the theme: Stimulating the economy to safeguard livelihoods, jobs, business and industrial...
MORE TAX FROM THE ONLINE WORLD
On 2nd June 2020, the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Planning Published Draft Value Added Tax (Digital Marketplace Supply)...
MPs issue fresh threats to CBK boss on Sh1-million rule
Three House committees are angry at the Governor for the CBK's failure to submit crucial but unpopular regulations.
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