MPs hand multinational tech firms tax reprieve in changes

Kenyans are currently groaning under the yoke of taxes.

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Multinational tech firms that earn revenues locally without a physical office in Kenya got relief after the Finance Committee halved their significant economic presence (SEP) tax to three percent of their turnover levy proposed by the Treasury.

The digital service providers, such as taxi-hailing firms, were expected to pay a SEP tax of 30 percent of the deemed taxable profit that is contained in the Finance Bill 2024.

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