Businesses and individual taxpayers have applied for waivers on tax penalties and interest amounting to Sh21 billion, an indication of their spirited effort to avoid property seizures and auction by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) amid biting economic hardship due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Official statistics shows that a total of 170,000 businesses and individuals had by Sunday made formal applications for the waivers, beating a deadline set by the taxman last month.
