Court says firms should not pay for tax administration lapses

Times Tower in Nairobi, the headquarters of Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). 

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The High Court has sided with a German multinational engineering firm caught in a Sh1.9billion fight with Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) over a delayed tax relief document.

The court said it was improper for the taxman to punish HP Gauff Ingenieure GmbH & Co. KG for administrative lapses in processing a tax exemption certificate.

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