Elle

[Elle @ELukoba]

@MrRoja1 @KRACorporate The removal of excise duty on water removes the requirement for an excise license

[Elle @ELukoba]

@MrRoja1 @KRACorporate Not for bottled water…

[Elle @ELukoba]

@evans_kipronoh @KRACorporate @KRACare Commissioner will issue guidelines on the return of stamp, cancellation of stamps and retirement of excise security bonds.

[Kenya Revenue Authority @KRACorporate]

📢Public Notice.

From 1st July 2026, bottled water manufactured or imported in Kenya will no longer be subject to excise duty and will not require excise stamps.

Manufacturers are reminded to file their June 2026 Excise Duty Returns and pay taxes due by 20th July 2026.

[Elle @ELukoba]

@Shad_khalif @DavidB90571

[Elle @ELukoba]

What Larry said!!! What he said!!!

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

Sabastian Sawe didn't break the 2-hour marathon barrier just because of the Adidas "supershoe." He's a damn good athlete. These East Africans all are.

I had to tell the whole world on CNN. Everyone be guided. Thanks for your attention to this matter!

[Julians Amboko @AmbokoJH]

What a joke.

Parliament is the legislating body, the Revenue Authority is merely an implementing agency.

Here we have a legislator blaming the implementing agency for a matter regarding the country's income tax regime.

[Elle @ELukoba]

@ggiste @Njubi_Makena see the lies

[Elle @ELukoba]

@Nyandia_G @Shad_khalif @oray_david

[Elle @ELukoba]

@Kurlycheeks Also when’s the next consignment ni dandie

[Adelle Onyango @ADELLEO]

If you're the guy driving the white car that was just hit at the junction of Thigiri Ridge Road & Redhill Road by a BLACK XTRAIL that took off, another car and I tried to chase it, we lost it near Rosslyn Riviera but here's its number plate:
KCB 576M!
I hope this helps! Pls RT

[Julians Amboko @AmbokoJH]

Suffice it to say that it's an interesting time for tax administration & compliance in Kenya.

No sooner had the Revenue Authority begun upgrades on both TIMS & eTIMS & updating of the HS codes for communication to integrators for software updates regarding the switch from 16.0% to 13.0% than they now have to adjust the same to 8.0%. Sigh!

Given the constraints on Sec6(1) of the VAT Act on the extent to which the CS is empowered to vary the rate, I expect hurried motions within the National Assembly tomorrow to clean up this undertaking.

Expect a Supplementary Order Paper.

[Elle @ELukoba]

@Kurlycheeks Noooooo no spoilers

[Phiona Kyeru @kyeruphiona]

A coworker died yesterday morning😭.
​HR knew by 9 :00 AM, but they kept us working all day. They finally told us around 4 :30 PM, then had the nerve to say, "You can head home early if you need to"—knowing we all finish at 5: 00 PM anyway.
​This morning, it’s back to "business as usual." Some of my friends are literally sobbing at their desks, but they’re expected to work and be productive. No time to grieve.
​It’s a cold reality. Within a week, the company will have his job posted online. Within a month, someone else will be sitting in his chair.
​But his family ,his children will still talk about him every day,they will ask where is daddy , His wife will mourn him for ages ,he was the love of her life .
​At work, we are just a "resource" that can be replaced in a week. At home, we are the world. Stop giving your best energy to a desk that will forget you, and giving the "leftovers" to the people who never will.

[Oluwatimileyin✨🦋 @Timmysofine]

If your name is Jesus and you have a big dinner planned with your friends for next Thursday in a garden of some kind, DON'T GO. Those aren’t your friends, boo. One of them will betray you. DM me for details.

[Julians Amboko @AmbokoJH]

@pitandirangu I thank you bro!

[Julians Amboko @AmbokoJH]

Last evening I hosted an insightful discussion convened by @ICPAK_Kenya & featuring @KRACorporate & @IchibantaxKE's @KWaruiru on Income & Expenses Validation (see quoted tweet for link to discussion).

Some important take aways from that session:

· The Revenue Authority says that for the year of income 2025, it will relax the constraints of Sec16(1,c) of the Income Tax Act & allow non-eTIMS backed expenses for deductible purposes.

Two catches here:

1) The taxpayer claiming will still be expected to provide proof of engagement with the buyer to support the invoice
2) The validation in this case will be done post-filing of returns & the Revenue Authority will allow a window for engagement with the taxpayer on each claim being made that is non-eTIMS backed

Musing - Your documentation (from the contract of engagement to the invoices) had better be
proper & well aligned if you wish to go this route

· Has your pre-populated Income Tax Return file captured interest income from securities?
If yes, the Authority says that was erroneous & should not have happened since the Withholding Tax applied to such is a final obligation

· For those of us whose pre-populated returns are either empty or have figures we believe are wrong, the Revenue Authority says:

1) It is ready to provide all the documents at its disposal (eTIMS invoices, Withholding Tax Certs et al) that inform the pre-populated figure
2) These issues should be raised at one's respective Tax Service Centre but there are plans to have a call centre that has personnel who can walk the taxpayer around verification of the pre-populated figures
3) What is being worked on for the 2026 year of Income (i.e. the filing we will be doing in 2027) is to incorporate a dashboard on iTax that then allows the taxpayer to see the numbers & documentation that the Authority is capturing as the year progresses
4) In March & April 2026 the Authority will be reaching out to perennial Nil Filers indicating the Income it has captured in its systems & the respective source

· For those who have been asking about compensation of casual labourers & how the claim can be made, the Revenue Authority says that these fall under personal emoluments & are therefore exempt for mandatory eTIMS invoices per Paragraph 10 of the eTIMS Regulations.

Key things to note here:

1) Whether the casuals have KRA PINs or not, it's an allowable deduction
2) The Authority will be laser focused on how much is being claimed & whether the graduated PAYE scales should kick in
3) The Authority will also be laser focused on other statutory deductions that it collects on behalf of the state e.g Affordable Housing Levy

Musing - A lot here depends on how one engaged their casuals. You risk unearthing an audit you never wished for going this route

· For those of us who have been asking around eTIMS invoices associated with farming activities, the Revenue Authority says it is currently working on a system-to-system integration between itself & aggregator based systems in the Coffee sector such that once the integration is complete, they have full visibility of payments across the value chain & eTIMS invoices are then generated accordingly

· Is there a clash between eRITS (the electronic Rental Income Tax System) & eTIMS? The Authority says none at all. The taxpayer is at will to exercise their discretion:

1) The taxpayer can choose to play by eRITS & have the Monthly Rental Income Tax at 7.5% as a final tax (so you essentially cannot claim any expenses)
2) If the taxpayer wishes to claim expenses, they must play by eTIMS & forget about enjoying the 7.5% Monthly Rental Income Tax
3) If the taxpayer has both rental income & other income, they are expected to file accordingly & account for their tax obligation on all their income

· There are many of us registered for Turnover Tax or Monthly Rental Income Tax & have received messages asking us to file, isn't there a problem here given that the two are final taxes?
The Revenue Authority says that if you have received that messages there is a high chance the data scanning has revealed that you have alternative income over & above that affiliated to your Turnover Tax or Monthly Rental Income obligation hence the ask for filing.

New things that I found interesting in last evening's discussion

· Here's one I found pretty interesting. The Revenue Authority says it is working with partners to facilitate the adoption of Virtual ETRs. The Authority says it is working with some banks & Payment Service Providers to embed auto-generation of eTIMS invoices for certain transactions that take place within the payments ecosystem. The thing to note here is that one will have to opt in to allow that auto-generation

· Here's another I found pretty interesting.The Revenue Authority says that it is working on a system that will allow certain segments of the economy to remit tax on a daily basis. The Commissioner for Micro & Small taxpayers says the first segment being targeted here is the boda boda.

Musing - I am not sure about daily tax remittance, it sounds to me like it will be administratively cumbersome

[KRA Care @KRACare]

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[SokoAnalyst @SokoAnalyst]

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KRA ARE NOT JOKING.

[Elle @ELukoba]

@jrobah @Kurlycheeks This is actually not true… as long as you have not exceeded the allowable limits!!!