State to backdate new taxes should court lift freeze order

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

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has revealed plans to backdate the taxes it hasn’t collected during the suspension of the controversial Finance Act 2023 should the High Court lift the freeze order in what promises to be a double blow to salaried workers who had escaped the July deductions.

The Court of Appeal is expected to issue its judgment on Friday following a petition filed by Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u seeking to have the orders barring implementation of the revenue-raising law lifted.

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