Email won’t do: Court rules tax assessments and objections outside iTax invalid

A Kenya Revenue Authority staff assists a taxpayer file her tax returns at the iTax Support Centre in Nairobi Railways on June 30, 2020.

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A tax assessment generated outside the iTax system cannot be deemed a valid assessment under the law, the High Court has ruled. 

Likewise, the court said an objection to a tax assessment must also be lodged through the same iTax system to be legally valid.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.