Farmers to pay new tax in fresh Treasury policy

Farmers pick tea on a farm in Kiangondu village in Tharaka-Nithi County. PHOTO | ALEX NJERU | NMG

Small-scale farmers will start paying a presumptive tax if the Treasury’s proposals that seek to recruit more taxpayers to meet revenue collection targets are adopted.

The proposal in the draft National Tax Policy will see farmers join informal traders in paying the presumptive tax— paid by business people as a fixed share of their sales.

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