What you need to know about Kenya’s excise duty rates, law

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KRA headquarters at Times Tower in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The recent notice by the Kenya Revenue Authority Commissioner General informing the public of the impending inflation adjustment of the specific excise duty rates has been widely circulated on social media, with some commentators asking that "someone explain this to them like they're two-year-olds”.

Having been involved in tax policy over the past 16 years, I shall attempt to explain and hopefully bring some clarity to it.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.