KRA nets Sh174m in digital service taxes in six months

Times Tower in Nairobi, the Kenya Revenue Authority headquarters. FILE PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) collected Sh174 million in digital service taxes in the six months to December 2022, keeping it on pace to beat the full-year total of Sh241 million that was recorded in the year ending June 2022.

The revenue, netted from digital service providers including US tech giants Google, Netflix, Meta, Twitter and Microsoft, is expected to surpass Sh300 million by June.

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