KRA has graduated to your tax accountant,
Courtesy of the Finance Act, 2026.
• Starting in January 2027, it is KRA that shall FIRST tell you, what income it believes you earned in 2026. And what taxes you shall therefore pay.
KRA will do this by generating a pre populated income tax return using the information it already has, such as:
• eTIMS data
• PAYE records
• Withholding tax records
• Plus any other information already in KRA systems
KRA shall then send you this pre-populated return by 31st January 2027.
Once you receive it, you have 2 MONTHS (February and March), and 2 OPTIONS. To either:
• Confirm it. If it is correct. Or,
• Reject & amend it. If KRA got the numbers wrong. And provide your own numbers together with supporting documents.
- If you make your amendments late. Or,
- You do not make any amendments at all,
KRA shall conclude that you have agreed with its assessment, and you shall pay the KRA generated tax bill.
After that, you can use the amended or confirmed return to file your taxes as follows:
• If you are a human being, file by April 30th 2027.
• If you have no flesh & blood (company, partnership, trust, etc), file by June 30th.
(Or the last day of the sixth month after your accounting year ends.)
One more critical mistake to watch.
• Do not assume KRA's numbers are always correct. The law has expressly given you the right to accept or reject the pre-populated return before filing.
Lessons:
• Proper bookkeeping is King in 2026.
• Mark the new tax timelines in your calendar.
Now, reread this slowly.
I once got angry at my daughter, I thought she was not buying my grandkids shoes. Everytime I saw them they were in Crocs and socks,no matter the occasion or the weather . But then I started meeting more and more of this little people and I realized it's how they dress . To make sure I was right I took them to town and told them to choose new shoes and yes they took more Crocs and not cheap either 1500 a pair . When I told the chairlady at night she got out of bed to go see those 1500 sleepers 🤣🤣🤣🤣. She came back and said "Yebo Yebo cia ngiri " she called them Kanye west for the rest of the holidays .I love this generation.
@Safaricom_Care yesterday admitted that indeed someone I don't know withdrew money from my Mshwari without using my phone or my approval, I want them to pay me back my money so that I can leave them alone, Making me wait for 168 hours which I'm not sure of is unacceptable
Muache kutusumbua ati hatutafika miaka kama yake. Our peers who have died in the last 1 year since June 25th protests wengi hawakufika hata 25 years of age. And the dummys in the political class acted like it's nothing. I promise you we don't care and we're waiting for y'all too
Rest in peace to all comrades who lost their lives during the Finance Bill Maandamano 2024, the 2025 anniversary, and to those who were forced to disappear by the state for demanding accountability and better governance.
@RobertAlai First, no one is above the law.
Secondly, you assume Kenyan politicians are the first in the world. Utter nonsense.
Thirdly, an average Kenyan has hectic days 7 times a week because of the incompetence of the politicians.
If you can't do the job, quit.