The trouble with KRA’s iTax return validation regime

A Kenya Revenue Authority staff assists a taxpayer file her tax returns at the iTax Support Centre in Nairobi Railways on June 30, 2020.

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As the June income tax filing season reaches its peak, many taxpayers are encountering an unexpected shift in compliance.

Filing a return is increasingly becoming less about declaring taxable income based on their own records and more about reconciling figures generated by the Kenya Revenue Authority’s (KRA) systems.

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