Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has gone back to the Supreme Court seeking a fresh hearing of a Sh5.6 billion tax dispute with Coca-Cola over the law that requires the soft drink maker to pay excise duty on costs incurred during washing and sanitising of returned bottles.
Four local Coca-Cola franchises have been engaged in a court fight for more than a decade with the KRA, arguing that the bottles belong to them and the cost of washing and sanitising returned containers cannot be subjected to tax since they are never sold to distributors.
