Uber, Bolt owners and drivers face KRA tax bills

Uber. Owners of digital taxi-hailing firms and partner drivers are facing a huge tax demand from the Kenya Revenue Authority. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Owners of digital taxi-hailing firms and partner drivers are facing a huge tax demand from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in an ongoing audit of their income, it has emerged.

More than a dozen digital taxi-hailing operators in the country are under tax audit for value added tax (VAT) on the apps they “supply” to the drivers as well as commissions paid to them from customer rides.

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