Taxman shocks KBL with fresh Sh8 billion demand

Kenya Breweries Limited’s beer canning line at the Ruaraka plant in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has shocked beer maker Kenya Breweries Ltd (KBL) with a tax demand of Sh8.2 billion it waived two years ago after years of negotiations.

The beer company says in a petition before the High Court that the demand by the KRA is prejudicial because the taxman made the company withdraw a case it had filed before the tax appeals tribunal, challenging the excise duty and value-added tax from June 2015 to March 2017.

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