KRA loses Sh1bn fight to classify tuk-tuks as vehicles

Times Tower in Nairobi, the headquarters of Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG

Car & General (C&G) #ticker:CGEN have fought off a Sh1.1 billion tax demand from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) over the classification of their three-wheeler or tuk-tuk as transport vehicles.

The tax appeals tribunal has ruled the company was right to pay import taxes on the three-wheelers imported from Piaggio Ape as motorcycles.

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