Local online taxi, food delivery platforms to pay digital tax

Kenyans are currently groaning under the yoke of taxes.

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Local platforms offering online jobs, rental, food delivery and ride-hailing services will be slapped with a 1.5 percent digital service tax if Parliament approves a proposed revenue-raising proposal by the National Treasury. 

National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u has in his Finance Bill 2024, proposed amendments to extend the digital service tax to platforms owned by foreign firms but with a presence in Kenya. 

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