The Kenya Revenue Authority has backed the successful transition to new internet-enabled electronic tax registers (ETRs) as a first step towards making consumption the biggest contributor to taxes ahead of earnings by workers and businesses.
Commissioner for Domestic Taxes Department Rispah Simiyu says the taxman is targeting to push value-added tax (VAT) to become the top revenue generator in what appears to be in line with a policy shift signalled by President William Ruto late last month.
