NAIROBI, Kenya, March 21 – The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has lodged objections barring 1092 companies from closing their businesses before the Kenya ...
“KRA requires directors of companies due for closure, to pay their tax debts before submitting their applications to the Registrar. The Companies Act 2015 requires the companies to provide copies of their application for voluntary dissolution to all their creditors including the KRA within seven days of submitting applications to the Registrar of Companies. The KRA then raised concerns and demonstrated to the Registrar why the companies should not be dissolved, pending unsettled tax liabilities.
Initial reports indicated that levy had gone up from Ksh24.35 per kg of first grade mitumba to Ksh109.58.
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“The whole conversation is if I make mitumba have a lesser value proposition, and I make locally manufactured clothes to be competitive. The reports that circulated on social media Tuesday under the hashtag Kg to Ksh stated that the taxman had increased the levy from Sh24.35 per kg of first-grade mitumba to Sh109.58. - The reports that circulated on social media Tuesday under the hashtag Kg to Ksh stated that the taxman had increased the levy from Sh24.35 per kg of first-grade mitumba to Sh109.58.
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) acting Commissioner General Risper Simiyu said in a public notice that current Mitumba levies came into effect on July 1 2022.
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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has lodged objections barring one thousand and ninety-two companies from intended dissolution over $8.8 million tax debt.
KRA requires directors of companies due for closure to pay their tax debts before submitting their applications to the Registrar. The notices invited the public to share any reasons why the companies should not be dissolved. The Companies Act 2015 requires the companies to provide copies of their application for voluntary dissolution to all their creditors, including the KRA, within seven (7) days of submitting applications to the Registrar of Companies.