Keep the tax system fair and transparent

The burden of proof in tax cases is very different from criminal and civil cases. 

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A good tax system must meet at least these five basic conditions: fairness, adequacy, simplicity, transparency, and administrative ease.

The revelation that the Ministry of Energy has been collecting higher diesel taxes quashed by Parliament is yet another example of how Kenya’s tax system continues to fail the transparency test.

PAYE Tax Calculator

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