Court extends freeze on KRA’s higher tax for used cars

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Times Tower in Nairobi, the headquarters of Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). Picture taken on Thursday, October 15, 2020. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG

The Court of Appeal has extended a freeze on Kenya Revenue Authority's (KRA) move to raise taxes on used motor vehicle imports by adjusting the base on which various levies are computed.

The taxman had in July 2020, published a new Current Retail Selling Price (CRSP) -- a database of prices of new vehicles in the country that forms the basis of taxing second-hand units after taking into account depreciation.

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