Mastermind Tobacco loses Sh517 million tax case

BAT Kenya wants the State to spare the new non-combusted cigarettes from higher ‘sin tax’.

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Mastermind Tobacco (K) Limited has lost a Sh517 million suit against Kenya Revenue Authority after the High Court denied the cigarette manufacturer a chance to admit new evidence in court to support its case.

The case arose after the Tax Appeals Tribunal was called upon to determine whether cigarette consignments in issue were exported and hence zero-rated. Mastermind presented certificates of exports before the tribunal.

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