Kiambu County has shown KRA dust.
KRA audited the county.
And found the county was collecting serious money from:
- Parking fees
- Business licenses
- Market fees
- Renting stalls
- Renting stadia
- And other county fees
Then KRA asked:
- Where is our VAT?
- If you charge 10,000 for stalls
- You should have added 16% VAT
So Kiamburians should have paid: 11,600
And the extra 1,600 goes to KRA.
But Kiambu did not charge VAT. So KRA became dramatic and said:
- No problem. You'll give us that VAT from your own county coffers.
It is at that moment that, Gov Wamatangi knew hii si mchezo.
He ran to court.
He argued:
- The county is not a business entity.
- It is a government unit performing public functions
- It does not operate for profit
- The county fees charged are already a form of tax
- Charging VAT on them is double taxation
- It is illegal
The court agreed.
And KRAโs VAT demand was set aside.
This is a big precedent.
It means:
- County services should not be inflated by VAT.
- Public services are not businesses to charge 16% VAT.
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@edgarwabwire_ All bills pass through Parliament, and the President assents to them if they align with the interests of Kenyans. And who represents Kenyans? The Members of Parliament!
@EACCKenya All land offices are dens of pure corruption. Nothing happens without bribes. Land officials slow your work lest you bribe them for speed service. We have no country, corruption thrives better than any profitable institutions like safaricom
@AokoOtieno_ Tafadhali tengenisha mambo ya siasa na familia ya mtu.
Masuala ya kisiasa yasihusishwe na familia, kwani kila mtu ana haki ya kulindwa heshima yake binafsi.
@keldewoin@MarthaKarua We, the people, have no problem with any tribe. Itโs the politicians who sow division, spread hate, and fuel anarchy among communities.